Lot 174

A GEORGE II SILVER BOWL

MARK OF PETER ARCHAMBO, LONDON, CIRCA 1745

Closed26 January 2010

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USD 2,750

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A GEORGE II SILVER BOWL
MARK OF PETER ARCHAMBO, LONDON, CIRCA 1745
Flaring circular, on circular foot with cast shell and scroll decoration, the flaring scalloped border chased inside and out with rococo banding with trellis and shell motifs, engraved with a lozenge-of-arms, marked under base with maker's mark only, possibly transposed marks
5 in. (12.6 cm.) diameter; 10 oz. 10 dwt. (336 gr.)

Sotheby's, London, 12 November 1998, lot 219
With Alastair Dickenson, London

Specialist note

The arms are those of Burdett in a lozenge, possibly for Lady Sarah Burdett (d. 1812), widow of Sir Charles Burdett 4th Bt. (1728-1803), her second husband.