Lot Essay
A soup tureen by Frederick Kandler, 1753, with a very similar eagle finial is illustrated in Michael Clayton, Christie's Pictorial History of English and American Silver, 1985, p. 164, fig. 6.
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MAKER'S MARK OF SAMUEL COURTAULD, LONDON, 1752
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A FINE GEORGE II SILVER SOUP TUREEN AND COVER
Maker's mark of Samuel Courtauld, London, 1752
Oval, on four shell and scroll feet headed by rocaille, applied with a cast floral garland on both sides, the open scroll acanthus-capped handles with rocaille joins, with everted gadrooned rim, the molded high-domed cover chased and repoussé with tied floral garland and surmounted by a fully-modelled eagle with spread wings on a foliate calyx, the body and cover engraved with a crest in a rococo cartouche, marked under base and cover, also with scratchweight
17¾in. (45cm.) long over handles; 156oz. 10dwt. (4881gr.)
Maker's mark of Samuel Courtauld, London, 1752
Oval, on four shell and scroll feet headed by rocaille, applied with a cast floral garland on both sides, the open scroll acanthus-capped handles with rocaille joins, with everted gadrooned rim, the molded high-domed cover chased and repoussé with tied floral garland and surmounted by a fully-modelled eagle with spread wings on a foliate calyx, the body and cover engraved with a crest in a rococo cartouche, marked under base and cover, also with scratchweight
17¾in. (45cm.) long over handles; 156oz. 10dwt. (4881gr.)