A GEORGE II SILVER FLUTED DISH OF AMERICAN HISTORICAL INTEREST

MARK OF DAVID WILLAUME II, LONDON, 1728

Details

A GEORGE II SILVER FLUTED DISH OF AMERICAN HISTORICAL INTEREST
MARK OF DAVID WILLAUME II, LONDON, 1728
Circular, the field engraved circa 1785 with an Earl's coat-of-arms, with a fluted scallop border, with a museum accession number sticker 68.141.148, marked underneath
8 1/2 in. (21.2 cm.) diameter, 14 oz. 10 dwt. (465 gr.)

Provenance

Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726-1799), thence by descent.
The Rt. Hon. Earl Howe; Christie's, London, 6 December 1933, lot 114.
Perry Belmont Collection; American Art Association, 26-28 March 1936, lot 508.
Gift of Urwin Untermyer, 1968.

Literature

Y. Hackenbroch, English and Other Silver: The Collection of Irwin Untermyer, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1969, p. 64, no. 122.

Lot Essay

A famed British admiral, the first Earl Howe was appointed by King George III to command the British North American station where he conducted peace negotiations with the American Continental Congress in 1776. He stayed at his post until 1778, where, despite his victory against the French at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, allegedly sympathized with the colonists.

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