Lot Essay
A basket with similar pierced and engraved sides is illustrated in V. Brett, The Sotheby's Directory of Silver 1600-1940, London, 1986, p. 208, fig. 901.
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MARK OF JAMES SHRUDER, LONDON, 1744
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A GEORGE II SILVER BASKET
MARK OF JAMES SHRUDER, LONDON, 1744
Oval and on four foliage capped lion's paw feet, the sides pierced and engraved with foliage scrolls, flowers and wheat sheafs, with a foliage scroll border, applied at the ends with masks, with a swing handle, engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked underneath and on handle
13¾ in. (34.3 cm.) long
51 oz. (1,580 gr.)
The arms are those of Trollope, quartering Harpyn, Hawick and Clobery with Middleston in pretence, for Sir Thomas Trollope, 4th Bt. (1691-1784) and his Diana, daughter and co-heir of Thomas Middleton of Stanstead, Essex whom he married in c.1721. The novelist Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was Sir Thomas' great-grandson.
MARK OF JAMES SHRUDER, LONDON, 1744
Oval and on four foliage capped lion's paw feet, the sides pierced and engraved with foliage scrolls, flowers and wheat sheafs, with a foliage scroll border, applied at the ends with masks, with a swing handle, engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked underneath and on handle
13¾ in. (34.3 cm.) long
51 oz. (1,580 gr.)
The arms are those of Trollope, quartering Harpyn, Hawick and Clobery with Middleston in pretence, for Sir Thomas Trollope, 4th Bt. (1691-1784) and his Diana, daughter and co-heir of Thomas Middleton of Stanstead, Essex whom he married in c.1721. The novelist Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was Sir Thomas' great-grandson.
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