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A FINE GEORGE II SILVER COFFEE POT
BRITANNIA STANDARD, LONDON, 1730, MAKER'S MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE (HARE, NO. 3)
Of tapering cylindrical form on moulded foot rim, with swan-neck spout at right angles to the ebonized wood scroll handle issuing from faceted sockets, the upper with baluster drop, the lower with rosette, the hinged domed cover engraved with a circular band of strapwork and shells enclosing a baluster finial, the front engraved with a coat-of-arms within an elaborate scroll and rusticated cartouche flanked by winged female figures holding garlands of bellflowers, with a shell above and a winged cherub head below, marked under base and on cover, the base with scratch weight22=7-- 7 1/2in. (19cm.) high
(gross weight 22oz. 18dwt.)
BRITANNIA STANDARD, LONDON, 1730, MAKER'S MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE (HARE, NO. 3)
Of tapering cylindrical form on moulded foot rim, with swan-neck spout at right angles to the ebonized wood scroll handle issuing from faceted sockets, the upper with baluster drop, the lower with rosette, the hinged domed cover engraved with a circular band of strapwork and shells enclosing a baluster finial, the front engraved with a coat-of-arms within an elaborate scroll and rusticated cartouche flanked by winged female figures holding garlands of bellflowers, with a shell above and a winged cherub head below, marked under base and on cover, the base with scratch weight22=7-- 7 1/2in. (19cm.) high
(gross weight 22oz. 18dwt.)
Engraved
The arms are those of Osbaldeston with the mark of cadence for a fourth son, as borne by Fountayne Osbaldeston, born in 1694, 4th son of Sir Richard Osbaldeston, Kt., of Humanby, Yorkshire. He was M.P. for Scarborough and died in 1770.
The Osbaldeston arms appear on a number of pieces from Lamerie's workshop. They are all characterised by their solid quality and the excellence of their proportions. They include a circular salver or kettle stand of 1749, illustrated in Delieb, p. 125, and a set of four mugs of 1746, sold from the collection of Lord Amherst of Hackney, Sotheby's, London, October 22, 1953 and again from the collection sof Mrs. Fay Plohn, July 16, 1970, lot 93.
The Osbaldeston arms appear on a number of pieces from Lamerie's workshop. They are all characterised by their solid quality and the excellence of their proportions. They include a circular salver or kettle stand of 1749, illustrated in Delieb, p. 125, and a set of four mugs of 1746, sold from the collection of Lord Amherst of Hackney, Sotheby's, London, October 22, 1953 and again from the collection sof Mrs. Fay Plohn, July 16, 1970, lot 93.