A GEORGE II SILVER CAKE BASKET

MARK OF DAVID WILLAUME II, LONDON, 1743

Details

A GEORGE II SILVER CAKE BASKET
MARK OF DAVID WILLAUME II, LONDON, 1743
Shaped oval on four claw feet headed by lion's masks, the body pierced with scrolls and diaperwork, with openwork rim cast with rocaille, scrolls and grapevine, the center flat-chased with border of scrolls and rocaille centering a later engraved coat-of-arms, the overhead swing handle with caryatid joins, similarly chased and engraved with a baron's coronet and a jewel garter motto, marked under base and handle
12¾ in. (32.4 cm.) long; 56 oz. (1,755 gr.)

Provenance

Christie's, New York, 19 April 2002, lot 401

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Lot Essay

The arms are those of Stuart impaling those of Bertie for Charles Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart de Rothesay (1779-1845). Charles Stuart entered the diplomatic service at the age of 22, and served his long career with great distinction in Spain, Austria, Russia, Portugal, the Netherlands, France, and Brazil. He was considered the Duke of Wellington's "right-hand man in the Peninsula War, as Commissioner managing the Spaniards and Portuguese Juntas." In 1816, he married Elizabeth Margaret, daughter of the 3rd Earl of Hardwicke, and was created Baron Stuart de Rothesay in 1828, an honor usually reserved for the Prince of Wales.

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