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MAKER'S MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE, LONDON, 1730, BRITANNIA STANDARD
Details
A George II silver sugar-caster
Maker's mark of Paul de Lamerie, London, 1730, Britannia standard
Vase-shaped on cast spreading foot, with moulded rim around the body, and engraved beneath with similar border with band of husks, scrolls, foliage and geometric ornament, the cover with moulded border and baluster finial, pierced with alternating panels of semi-circles and geometrical ornament, engraved with a crest, marked on base and cover
6¾in. (17cm.) high
10ozs. (327gr.)
Maker's mark of Paul de Lamerie, London, 1730, Britannia standard
Vase-shaped on cast spreading foot, with moulded rim around the body, and engraved beneath with similar border with band of husks, scrolls, foliage and geometric ornament, the cover with moulded border and baluster finial, pierced with alternating panels of semi-circles and geometrical ornament, engraved with a crest, marked on base and cover
6¾in. (17cm.) high
10ozs. (327gr.)
Provenance
Major James Sterling Home Drummond Moray; Christie's London, 25 June 1946, lot 84
Norman C. Hurst; Christie's London, 10 March 1965, lot 43
A Gentleman; Sotheby's London, 17 June 1971, lot 173
A Connecticut Collector; Christie's New York, 23 March 1983, lot 176
Norman C. Hurst; Christie's London, 10 March 1965, lot 43
A Gentleman; Sotheby's London, 17 June 1971, lot 173
A Connecticut Collector; Christie's New York, 23 March 1983, lot 176
Literature
V. Brett, Sotheby's Directory of Silver 1600-1940, 1986, p.173, fig.703
Special notice
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