Live Auction 1458The C. Ruxton and Audrey B. Love Collection: Magnificent
A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER-GILT CUPS AND COVERS
Lot 198CAPTION 1: George III silver soup tureen, mark of Paul Storr, London, 1805, courtesy of Winterthur Museum, Campbell Collection of Soup Tureens

CAPTION 2: Design for a wine cooler, attributed to J-J Boileau, courtesy of Board of Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum

A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER-GILT CUPS AND COVERS

MARK OF RICHARD COOKE, LONDON, 1803

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER-GILT CUPS AND COVERS
MARK OF RICHARD COOKE, LONDON, 1803
Each vase-form, on a circular base with a lobed band, the lower body with embossed acanthus, applied with arms, crest, and motto, with entwined snake handles above ram's heads, the domed cover with lobed band and heraldic finial, each marked on base, cover bezel, and finial
18 in. (45.7 cm.) high; 415 oz. 10 dwt. (12,926 gr.)
The arms are those of Lawson impaling Hartley for Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 10th baronet and his wife Anne, daughter of John Hartley. He died in 1806 without issue whereupon the baronetcy became extinct. (2)

Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 10th baronet (d. 1806)

Specialist note

Richard Cooke supplied the leading retailers of the day, including Rundell's, the Royal goldsmiths, and his work is often of high quality and heavy gauge. These covered cups relate to a pair of soup tureens made by Paul Storr for the same patron, Sir Wilfred-Lawson in 1805. All incorporate the applied cast arms, crest finials and bifurcated serpent handles which are reminiscent of the work of Jean-Jacques Boileau. Both the Cooke cups and Storr tureens were probably retailed by Rundell's.