Lot Essay
The arms are apparently those of Joliffe with those of another in pretence.
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MAKER'S MARK OF THOMAS HEMING, LONDON, 1759
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A GEORGE II SILVER SOUP TUREEN AND COVER
Maker's mark of Thomas Heming, London, 1759
Shaped oval, on four claw-and-ball scroll feet headed by rocaille joins, the side handles formed as intertwined grapevine branches with grape-cluster joins, the body with gadrooned rim engraved one side with a coat-of-arms, crest, and motto and on the other with a baron's coronet, the domed cover with gadrooned band surmounted by grapevine cluster and similarly engraved, marked under base and cover
12in. (31.8cm.) long over handles; 55oz. (1717gr.)
Maker's mark of Thomas Heming, London, 1759
Shaped oval, on four claw-and-ball scroll feet headed by rocaille joins, the side handles formed as intertwined grapevine branches with grape-cluster joins, the body with gadrooned rim engraved one side with a coat-of-arms, crest, and motto and on the other with a baron's coronet, the domed cover with gadrooned band surmounted by grapevine cluster and similarly engraved, marked under base and cover
12in. (31.8cm.) long over handles; 55oz. (1717gr.)