Lot Essay
The crest is that of the Earls Annesley
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MAKER'S MARK OF PAUL CRESPIN, LONDON, 1734
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A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER WAITERS
Maker's mark of Paul Crespin, London, 1734
Each square with incurved corners, on four scroll feet, the border cast and chased with ovolo with winged masks at each corner, the field flat-chased with border of foliate scrolls and stylized shells against a matted ground, the center engraved with a crest and an Earl's coronet, each marked on reverse, also with inventory numbers and scratchweights N.2=24=16 and N.3=25=3
75/8in. (19.5cm.) square; 46oz. (1445gr.) (2)
Maker's mark of Paul Crespin, London, 1734
Each square with incurved corners, on four scroll feet, the border cast and chased with ovolo with winged masks at each corner, the field flat-chased with border of foliate scrolls and stylized shells against a matted ground, the center engraved with a crest and an Earl's coronet, each marked on reverse, also with inventory numbers and scratchweights N.2=24=16 and N.3=25=3
75/8in. (19.5cm.) square; 46oz. (1445gr.) (2)
Provenance
Christie's, London, July 23, 1919, lot 38
S.J. Shrubsole, 1985
S.J. Shrubsole, 1985