拍品 1069
1069
A FINE GEORGE II SILVER SALVER
PROPERTY OF A SOUTHWESTERN COLLECTOR
A FINE GEORGE II SILVER SALVER

MARK OF ROBERT ABERCROMBY, LONDON, 1733

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A FINE GEORGE II SILVER SALVER
MARK OF ROBERT ABERCROMBY, LONDON, 1733
Shaped circular, on four leaf-capped scroll feet, the field flat-chased and engraved with scrolling strapwork within trellis pattern and shells, the border with masks at intervals, the field finely engraved with a coat-of-arms in a baroque cartouche flanked by allegorical figures representing Geography and Literature, fully marked on reverse; also struck three times with additional maker's marks
18¼ in. (46.4 cm.) diameter; 81 oz. 10 dwt. (2534 gr.)

拍品專文

The figural cartouche on this salver relates to the work of engraver Joseph Sympson (see lot 1063). Another salver by Abercromby of 1737 with a Sympson-attributed cartouche was sold at Christie's, London, December 18, 1997, lot 146.