Lot Essay
Another strainer with ornate shell handles, also by Paul Crespin, 1741 is illustrated in Robin Butler, The Albert Collection: Five Hundred Years of British & European Silver, 2004, p. 262, no. 291.
MARK OF PAUL CRESPIN, LONDON, 1751
Details
A GEORGE II SILVER PUNCH STRAINER
MARK OF PAUL CRESPIN, LONDON, 1751
The circular pierced bowl with two cast handles with chased relief decoration, each engraved with a crest, the reverse engraved M.A.H. to E S, also with scratch weight 8-18, marked on bowl
12 1/8 in. (30.8 cm.) long; 8 oz. 10 dwt. (274 gr.)
MARK OF PAUL CRESPIN, LONDON, 1751
The circular pierced bowl with two cast handles with chased relief decoration, each engraved with a crest, the reverse engraved M.A.H. to E S, also with scratch weight 8-18, marked on bowl
12 1/8 in. (30.8 cm.) long; 8 oz. 10 dwt. (274 gr.)
Provenance
Christie's, New York, 20 October 1997, lot 303
With Alastair Dickenson, London
With Alastair Dickenson, London
Brought to you by
Becky MacGuire
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