MAKER'S MARK OF WILLIAM LUTWYCHE AND JOHN VERE, LONDON, 1766
Details
A George III silver cake basket
maker's mark of William Lutwyche and John Vere, London, 1766
Shaped-oval and with openwork sides, with gadrooned border and openwork swing handle with spirally twisted terminals, the centre engraved with engraved with a coat-of-arms within a rococo shell and foliate cartouche, marked on foot rim and handle, the underside engraved with scratchweight 30=2
12¾in. (32.5cm.) long
28ozs. (888grs.)
maker's mark of William Lutwyche and John Vere, London, 1766
Shaped-oval and with openwork sides, with gadrooned border and openwork swing handle with spirally twisted terminals, the centre engraved with engraved with a coat-of-arms within a rococo shell and foliate cartouche, marked on foot rim and handle, the underside engraved with scratchweight 30=2
12¾in. (32.5cm.) long
28ozs. (888grs.)
Provenance
The late Captain E. G. Spencer-Churchill, M. C., from the Northwick Park Collection; Christie's, 26 May 1965, lot 117 (¨150 to Bloomstein)