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MAKER'S MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE, LONDON, 1743
Details
A pair of George II soup-tureens, covers and ladles
Maker's mark of Paul de Lamerie, London, 1743
Each shaped bombe oval with shell and gadrooned borders, on four lion's paw-and-ball feet with lion's mask terminals, the lion's tails wrapped around the feet, the foliate scroll handles issuing from lion's mask terminals with protruding tongues amid strapwork, foliage, scrolls and scalework, the bodies engraved twice with a coat-of-arms, the rising domed covers each with foliate and gadrooned borders, cast foliate and shell handle, and foliate and shell band on a scalework and brickwork field, each engraved twice with a crest, marked on bases and covers, the covers additionally marked with scratchweights 127=9 and 126=4, and a pair of soup ladles, each with deep fig-shaped bowl and tubular handle terminating in an eagle's head, the reverse of bowls engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked on reverse of bowls
the tureens 16in. (40.5cm.) long, the ladles 13½in. (34.5cm.) long
266ozs. (8,295gr.) (4)
Maker's mark of Paul de Lamerie, London, 1743
Each shaped bombe oval with shell and gadrooned borders, on four lion's paw-and-ball feet with lion's mask terminals, the lion's tails wrapped around the feet, the foliate scroll handles issuing from lion's mask terminals with protruding tongues amid strapwork, foliage, scrolls and scalework, the bodies engraved twice with a coat-of-arms, the rising domed covers each with foliate and gadrooned borders, cast foliate and shell handle, and foliate and shell band on a scalework and brickwork field, each engraved twice with a crest, marked on bases and covers, the covers additionally marked with scratchweights 127=9 and 126=4, and a pair of soup ladles, each with deep fig-shaped bowl and tubular handle terminating in an eagle's head, the reverse of bowls engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked on reverse of bowls
the tureens 16in. (40.5cm.) long, the ladles 13½in. (34.5cm.) long
266ozs. (8,295gr.) (4)
Provenance
Sackville, 7th Earl of Thanet (1688-1753) and thence by descent to
Henry, 12th Earl of Thanet (1770-1849) and thence to his natural son
Richard Tufton (1813-1871), later crested a baronet in 1851, born in France he was naturalised in 1849, thence by descent to his son
Sir Henry Tufton, 2nd Bt. and 1st Baron Hothfield of Hothfield (1844-1926) and thence by descent to
Henry, 3rd Baron Hothfield (1897-1961)
The Trustees of the 3rd Baron Hothfield's Will Trust; Sotheby's, London, 22 November 1984, lot 60 (part)
The Jaime Ortiz-Patino Collection of Silver by Paul de Lamerie; Sothebys's New York, 22 April 1998, lot 25
Henry, 12th Earl of Thanet (1770-1849) and thence to his natural son
Richard Tufton (1813-1871), later crested a baronet in 1851, born in France he was naturalised in 1849, thence by descent to his son
Sir Henry Tufton, 2nd Bt. and 1st Baron Hothfield of Hothfield (1844-1926) and thence by descent to
Henry, 3rd Baron Hothfield (1897-1961)
The Trustees of the 3rd Baron Hothfield's Will Trust; Sotheby's, London, 22 November 1984, lot 60 (part)
The Jaime Ortiz-Patino Collection of Silver by Paul de Lamerie; Sothebys's New York, 22 April 1998, lot 25
Literature
C. Hartop, The Huguenot Legacy, English Silver 1680-1760 from the Alan and Simone Hartman Collection, London, 1996, p.192
Exhibited
London, 1990, Goldsmith's Hall, Paul de Lamerie, The Work of England's Master Silversmith, cat. no. 80, p. 125
Special notice
VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer’s premium.