Lot Essay
A Strawberry dish from the same set is illustrated in the Worshipful Company of Pewterers of London Supplementary Catalogue, 1979 No. 701. p. 82.
BY GEORGE BEESTON OF LONDON, MID 18TH CENTURY
Details
A GEORGE II PEWTER STRAWBERRY DISH
BY GEORGE BEESTON OF LONDON, MID 18TH CENTURY
With engraved crest and touch adverso (O.P. 353)
8¾ in. (22 cm.) diameter
A pair of pewter communion bowls by T & H Compton, with multiple reeded rims engraved 'St Philip. CLERKENWELL. Consecrated 1st January 1834. EDWIN HILLS ESQre. Wardens. W.G. MYLNE ESQre.' touch adverso - 10 in. (25.5 cm.) diameter; and a pair of wavy edged plates by Stynt Duncombe with engraved crests and relief cast decoration to rims - 9½ in. (24 cm.) diameter (5)
BY GEORGE BEESTON OF LONDON, MID 18TH CENTURY
With engraved crest and touch adverso (O.P. 353)
8¾ in. (22 cm.) diameter
A pair of pewter communion bowls by T & H Compton, with multiple reeded rims engraved 'St Philip. CLERKENWELL. Consecrated 1st January 1834. EDWIN HILLS ESQre. Wardens. W.G. MYLNE ESQre.' touch adverso - 10 in. (25.5 cm.) diameter; and a pair of wavy edged plates by Stynt Duncombe with engraved crests and relief cast decoration to rims - 9½ in. (24 cm.) diameter (5)
Provenance
Strawberry dish Sotheby's London, November 1980.
Literature
One of the pair of wavy edged plates by Duncombe is illustrated by Vanessa Brett, The Phaidon guide to Pewter, 1981, p. 49
Special notice
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