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MARK OF DAVID WILLAUME, LONDON, 1737
Details
A pair of George II silver sauceboats
Mark of David Willaume, London, 1737
Fluted shell shaped, each on spreading oval foot, each handle formed as a heron perched on foliage, with a serpent in its beak, the bodies each engraved within foliage cartouche, marked under bases and engraved with scratchweights '20=19' and '20=11'
8½in. (22.5cm.) long
41oz. (1,2810gr.) (2)
Mark of David Willaume, London, 1737
Fluted shell shaped, each on spreading oval foot, each handle formed as a heron perched on foliage, with a serpent in its beak, the bodies each engraved within foliage cartouche, marked under bases and engraved with scratchweights '20=19' and '20=11'
8½in. (22.5cm.) long
41oz. (1,2810gr.) (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's London, 13 June 1983, lot 48
Literature
V. Brett, Sotheby's Directory of Silver 1600-1940, 1986, p.198
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium