A GEORGE II SILVER CUP AND COVER

MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE, LONDON, 1740

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A GEORGE II SILVER CUP AND COVER
MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE, LONDON, 1740
Vase-form, on a spreading circular base with a band of applied shells and stylized foliage on a matted ground, the lower body with applied vertical swirling foliage and alternating leaf-capped scrolls on a matted ground below a tied reeded mid-rib, with leaf-clad multi-scroll side handles with shell joins, the high domed cover with a tied reeded rim with shells at intervals, with similar decoration on a matted ground and surmounted by a bud finial supported by acanthus leaves, the body engraved with a coat-of-arms within a rococo cartouche, the same coat-of-arms engraved on the cover, also engraved under base with an inscription, fully marked on cover bezel and on base
12 in. (31.1 cm.) high; 65 oz. (2,035 gr.)

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Lot Essay

The inscription under the base reads, The Gift of Mrs. Ann Mody to her Godson Oldfield Bowles January 1740.

The arms are those of Bowles for Oldfield Bowles of North Aston, Oxfordshire (1739-1810). Bowles was a landowner and noted amateur artist, musician, and botanist, as well as a friend and patron of the painters Thomas Gainsborough and Joshua Reynolds.

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