Lot Essay
There is no doubt from the small amount of surviving examples of flatware, that Paul de Lamerie's workshop concentrated on the production of larger and more intricate domestic pieces. However, eighteen dessert knives, circa 1740, also engraved with the cypher of George II and presumably from the same service were in the Swaythling Collection, Christie's, 6 May 1924, lot 10. They again appeared, Christie's, 17 July 1946, lot 75.
The majority of flatware bearing de Lamerie's Britannia standard mark is however made of sterling silver. It would seem that until he registered a sterling standard mark in 1732, much of the flatware he sold was made in other workshops and the maker's mark simply overstruck
The majority of flatware bearing de Lamerie's Britannia standard mark is however made of sterling silver. It would seem that until he registered a sterling standard mark in 1732, much of the flatware he sold was made in other workshops and the maker's mark simply overstruck