A George II silver sweetmeat basket

MAKER'S MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE, LONDON, 1745

Details
A George II silver sweetmeat basket
maker's mark of Paul de Lamerie, London, 1745
Shaped-oval and of four scroll and putto mask feet, the body with swing handle cast and chased with shells, scrolls and foliage and with mask terminals, with cast shell, scroll and foliage border and pierced beneath with foliage, chased and engraved with shells, scrolls and foliage, marked on base, the handle unmarked
6¼in. (16cm.) long
11ozs. (341grs.)
Provenance
H. W. L. Way Esq., sold in these Rooms, 8 December 1909. (£195 to S. J. Phillips)

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