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Lot Essay
The arms are those of Knipe with another in pretence.
Lamerie produced a number of silver items for members for members of the Knipe family in the 1730s, featuring engraved lattice and strapwork decoration. The commissions included two pairs of sauceboats, 1730 and 1735, sold respectively, Christie's, London, 12 July 1985, lot 127 and 25 November 2008, lot 40; a salver and a pair of tea caddies, 1735, both illustrated in P.A.S. Phillips, Paul de Lamerie, His Life and Work, 1935, pls. LXXXV and XCVIII; and a cake basket, 1732, sold Sotheby's, New York, 26 October 2012, lot 132.
Lamerie produced a number of silver items for members for members of the Knipe family in the 1730s, featuring engraved lattice and strapwork decoration. The commissions included two pairs of sauceboats, 1730 and 1735, sold respectively, Christie's, London, 12 July 1985, lot 127 and 25 November 2008, lot 40; a salver and a pair of tea caddies, 1735, both illustrated in P.A.S. Phillips, Paul de Lamerie, His Life and Work, 1935, pls. LXXXV and XCVIII; and a cake basket, 1732, sold Sotheby's, New York, 26 October 2012, lot 132.