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MAKER'S MARK OF AYME VIDEAU, LONDON, 1755
Details
A George II silver-gilt ewer and basin
Maker's mark of Ayme Videau, London, 1755
The ewer, vase-shaped on spreading circular foot, the foot chased with border of shells, flowers and foliage on a textured ground, rising to a spirally-fluted stem with moulded rib knop, the body with textured fluted border, plain central field and broad upper border chased with an elaborate band of floral scrolls and shells on a scalework ground, the central chased rococo cartouche with engraved coat-of-arms, a classical female mask and shell above, the leaf-capped double-scroll handle with chased floral garland, spiral-fluted end and shell terminal, the helmet-shaped spout with reeded border, marked on body, the base engraved with scratchweight '34=11'; the basin, shaped oval with broad outcurved border, the reeded and shell border above a chased band of floral sprigs, scrolls, vacant cartouches, scalework, and stylized floral panels on a textured ground, the well with engraved coat-of-arms, marked on reverse of border, the base engraved with scratchweight '42=17'
The ewer 10¾in. (27.5cm.) high, the basin 15in. (38cm.) wide
77ozs. (2,421gr.) (2)
Maker's mark of Ayme Videau, London, 1755
The ewer, vase-shaped on spreading circular foot, the foot chased with border of shells, flowers and foliage on a textured ground, rising to a spirally-fluted stem with moulded rib knop, the body with textured fluted border, plain central field and broad upper border chased with an elaborate band of floral scrolls and shells on a scalework ground, the central chased rococo cartouche with engraved coat-of-arms, a classical female mask and shell above, the leaf-capped double-scroll handle with chased floral garland, spiral-fluted end and shell terminal, the helmet-shaped spout with reeded border, marked on body, the base engraved with scratchweight '34=11'; the basin, shaped oval with broad outcurved border, the reeded and shell border above a chased band of floral sprigs, scrolls, vacant cartouches, scalework, and stylized floral panels on a textured ground, the well with engraved coat-of-arms, marked on reverse of border, the base engraved with scratchweight '42=17'
The ewer 10¾in. (27.5cm.) high, the basin 15in. (38cm.) wide
77ozs. (2,421gr.) (2)
Provenance
Presumably given by Sir John Fleming 1st Bt. (1701-1763) to his wife Jane (d.1813) on their marriage in 1758, and thence by descent to their daughter and co-heir
Jane, Countess of Harrington (d.1823), wife of Charles, 3rd Earl of Harrington (1753-1829) and thence by descent to their granddaughter
Lady Jane, Marchioness Conyngham (d.1907), only surviving child of Charles, 4th Earl of Harrington (1780-1851), and wife of George Henry, 3rd Marchioness Conyngham (1825-1882)
The Marchioness Conyngham, Christie's London, 4 May 1908, lot 56 (part of a twenty-one piece toilet-service, £871 to Savill)
Anon. sale; Sotheby's New York, 14-15 December 1977, lot 597 (with two scent bottles)
Jane, Countess of Harrington (d.1823), wife of Charles, 3rd Earl of Harrington (1753-1829) and thence by descent to their granddaughter
Lady Jane, Marchioness Conyngham (d.1907), only surviving child of Charles, 4th Earl of Harrington (1780-1851), and wife of George Henry, 3rd Marchioness Conyngham (1825-1882)
The Marchioness Conyngham, Christie's London, 4 May 1908, lot 56 (part of a twenty-one piece toilet-service, £871 to Savill)
Anon. sale; Sotheby's New York, 14-15 December 1977, lot 597 (with two scent bottles)
Literature
V. Brett, The Sotheby's Directory of Silver 1600-1940, London, 1986, p. 205, fig. 884
Special notice
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