Lot 142
142
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A GEORGE II SHAPED-OVAL BREAD BASKET, on pierced foot with rope- twist borders and with latticework sides, the everted border cast and pierced with wheat ears, flowers, scrolls and ribbons and with rope-twist swing handle with similar applied decoration, the ground chased with latticework, scalework and rocaille ornament and engraved with a coat-of-arms, by Paul de Lamerie, 1747

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A GEORGE II SHAPED-OVAL BREAD BASKET, on pierced foot with rope- twist borders and with latticework sides, the everted border cast and pierced with wheat ears, flowers, scrolls and ribbons and with rope-twist swing handle with similar applied decoration, the ground chased with latticework, scalework and rocaille ornament and engraved with a coat-of-arms, by Paul de Lamerie, 1747
13¾in. (35.2cm.) long
(72ozs.)
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Lot Essay

The arms are those of Jodrell impaling Vanderplank, for Gilbert Jodrell and Anne, his second wife, whom he married on 28th June, 1747. Gilbert Jodrell (c.1714-1772) was the second son of Paul Jodrell Esq., of Duffield, Derbyshire. He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in February 1730 where his father was Master of the Bench.

This basket was undoubtably purchased using funds from the #15,000 marriage settlement given by Samuel Vanderplank in 1747

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