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MAKER'S MARK OF BENJAMIN SMITH II, LONDON, 1807
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A PAIR OF IMPORTANT GEORGE III SILVER SAUCE TUREENS, COVERS AND LINERS
Maker's Mark of Benjamin Smith II, London, 1807
Ensuite with the preceding lot; each oval on a pedestal foot chased with band of water leaves, the body chased with scrolling paterae and grapevine band against a matted ground and applied to both sides with a cast drapery mantle bearing crests, with two caduceus handles with Mercury-mask joins, with egg-and-dart rim, the cover with applied oak leaf and acorn wreath and grapevine finial, with removable liner engraved with crests, each marked on base and liner, under cover and on grapevine finial, stamped RUNDELL BRIDGE ET RUNDELL AURIFICES REGIS ET PRINCIPIS WALLIAE LONDINI FECERUNT, also numbered 1-2
9in. (23.5cm.) long over handles; 92oz. (2861gr.)
Smith, Benjamin II (2)
Maker's Mark of Benjamin Smith II, London, 1807
Ensuite with the preceding lot; each oval on a pedestal foot chased with band of water leaves, the body chased with scrolling paterae and grapevine band against a matted ground and applied to both sides with a cast drapery mantle bearing crests, with two caduceus handles with Mercury-mask joins, with egg-and-dart rim, the cover with applied oak leaf and acorn wreath and grapevine finial, with removable liner engraved with crests, each marked on base and liner, under cover and on grapevine finial, stamped RUNDELL BRIDGE ET RUNDELL AURIFICES REGIS ET PRINCIPIS WALLIAE LONDINI FECERUNT, also numbered 1-2
9in. (23.5cm.) long over handles; 92oz. (2861gr.)
Smith, Benjamin II (2)
Provenance
Richard Fountayne Wilson of Melton Park, Yorkshire, (1783-1847), then by descent to
Captain Frederick Montagu, sold Christie's, London, July 3, 1946, lot 60 (four sold for L180 to Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Co.)
J. Gibson Jarvie, sold Sotheby's, London, January 27, 1966, lot 152 (four)
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, February 16, 1972, lot 119 (four)
Captain Frederick Montagu, sold Christie's, London, July 3, 1946, lot 60 (four sold for L180 to Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Co.)
J. Gibson Jarvie, sold Sotheby's, London, January 27, 1966, lot 152 (four)
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, February 16, 1972, lot 119 (four)