Lot Essay
Similarly engraved cartouches appear on a suite of six salvers by Robert Abercromby, 1735 and 1736, sold Christie's, New York, 16-17 April 1985, lot 393.
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Property from the Estate of Benjamin F. Edwards III
A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER WAITERS
MARK OF PAUL CRESPIN, LONDON, 1737
Details
A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER WAITERS
MARK OF PAUL CRESPIN, LONDON, 1737
Each shaped square, raised on four scrolling bracket feet, the border applied with a molding and flat-chased with foliage at the corners, the field flat-chased with scrolls, trellis, and rocaille, the center engraved with a coat-of-arms in a rococo cartouche, each marked on reverse, also with inventory numbers 4 and 6 and scratch weights 16=4 and 16=12
7¼ in. (18.1 cm.) long; 32 oz. (1,004 gr.) (2)
MARK OF PAUL CRESPIN, LONDON, 1737
Each shaped square, raised on four scrolling bracket feet, the border applied with a molding and flat-chased with foliage at the corners, the field flat-chased with scrolls, trellis, and rocaille, the center engraved with a coat-of-arms in a rococo cartouche, each marked on reverse, also with inventory numbers 4 and 6 and scratch weights 16=4 and 16=12
7¼ in. (18.1 cm.) long; 32 oz. (1,004 gr.) (2)
Provenance
Christie's, New York, 27 October 1987, lot 416
Christie's, New York, 22 April 1993, lot 257
Charles L. Poor Collection, sold
Sotheby's, New York, 26 October 2005, lot 48
Christie's, New York, 22 April 1993, lot 257
Charles L. Poor Collection, sold
Sotheby's, New York, 26 October 2005, lot 48
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