A GEORGE II SILVER TWO-HANDLED CUP AND COVER

MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE, LONDON, 1728

Details

A GEORGE II SILVER TWO-HANDLED CUP AND COVER
MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE, LONDON, 1728
Of inverted bell form, on circular domed foot chased with rosettes and leaves, the lower body applied with alternating plain ribs and chased straps on a matted ground, with applied midband, the upper body with a chased cartouche with drapery mantle on each side, the centers engraved with a coat-of-arms, with two leaf-capped double-scroll handles, the cover with conforming decoration, with knop finial, fully marked on cover bezel and under base, also with scratch weight 58=3 under base
11 in. (28 cm.) high; 57 oz. 10 dwt. (1,773 gr.)

Provenance

Sotheby's, London, 15 March 1962, lot 145
Sotheby's, New York, 21 April 1983, lot 315
The Collection of the late Charles L. Poor, sold
Sotheby's, New York, 26 October 2005, lot 57

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Lot Essay

The arms are those of Hardington or Ardington, Yorkshire.

A cup and cover with similar strapwork ornament of 1730 is illustrated in Susan Hare, Paul de Lamerie: At the Sign of the Golden Ball, 1990, p. 106.

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