Live Auction 8018An Iberian Private Collection Part II: Furniture, Silver, Jewellery, Paintings, European, Chinese & Islamic Ceramics
A GEORGE II SILVER-GILT CREAM-JUG
Lot 311

A GEORGE II SILVER-GILT CREAM-JUG

MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE, LONDON, 1723, BRITANNIA STANDARD

Closed9 December 2011

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A GEORGE II SILVER-GILT CREAM-JUG
MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE, LONDON, 1723, BRITANNIA STANDARD
Ovoid and on three hoof feet, the shoulder engraved with a band of foliage scrolls and masks on matted ground, the hinged domed cover with a part-wood finial, with wood handle, later engraved with an initial 'A' below a Royal princess' coronet, marked underneath and on cover bezel
4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high
gross weight 8.5 oz. (264 gr.)
The initial is that of Princess Amelia, sixth daughter of King George III.

Almost certainly Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks K.C.B., F.S.A. (1826-1897)
Sir A. W. Franks; Christie's, London, 18 March 1896, lot 93.
A Gentleman; Christie's, London, 24 November 1971, lot 67.