A George I silver salver
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A George I silver salver

MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE, LONDON, 1726, BRITANNIA STANDARD

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A George I silver salver
Mark of Paul de Lamerie, London, 1726, Britannia standard
Square, with incurved angles and moulded border, on four bracket feet, chased with foliate and lozenge motifs and a border of diaperwork, rosettes and foliage, the angles with oval foliate cartouches engraved with a crest, the centre engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked on reverse, also engraved with scratchweight '61oz=10dwt='
13¼in. (33½cm.) wide
58oz. (1,831gr.)
The arms are those of Swymmer of Bristol impaling Reynardson
Provenance
F. A. Hawley, 1929
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 22 April 1993, lot 66
Exhibited
London, 25 Park Lane, W.1., A Loan Exhibition of Old English Plate, 1929, no. 370, pl. LI, incorrectly labelled as no. 307.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

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