MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE, LONDON, THE KETTLE 1742, THE STAND AND LAMP 1746

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A GEORGE II SILVER KETTLE, STAND AND LAMP
MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE, LONDON, THE KETTLE 1742, THE STAND AND LAMP 1746
Oval, the upper body cast and chased with vines, foliate scrolls, shells and putto masks, the similar cover with baluster finial, with wicker covered swing handle, engraved on each side with a differing coat-of-arms, the stand with mask and foliage border and on three leaf-capped scroll feet, the detachable lamp with plain cover, marked under kettle, on stand and lamp
13 ¾ in. (34.9 cm.) high
gross weight 75 oz. 9 dwt. (2,346 gr.)
The arms on one side are those of Crowe impaling Kenrick for Dr. Thomas Crowe (1672-1751) and his wife Anne (1685-1764), daughter of John Kenrick (1653-1730), a London merchant. As a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians he practiced as a doctor in London. The inscription on his tomb describes him as 'for many years eminent in ye practice of Physic', and a man whose 'integrity were rever'd by all who knew him and distinguished in a vast variety of cases'. Anne Crowe made a number of personal bequests in her will including the present lot which she left to the wife of her brother Matthew Kenrick (1697-1781). The arms on the other side are those of Kenrick no doubt engraved for Matthew Kenrick, having inherited the kettle after the death of his sister in 1764.

Provenance

Dr. Thomas Crowe (1672-1751), bequeathed to his wife
Anne (1685-1764), daughter of John Kenrick (1653-1730), bequeathed to her brother's wife
Elizabeth Kenrick, daughter of George Wilcocks, wife of Matthew Kenrick (1697-1781).
Anonymous sale [Anthony de Rothschild]; Christie's, London, 23 October 1940, lot 80 (£73 to Rayman), later chased.
A Gentleman; Christie's, London, 29 November 1967, lot 143 (£2,500 to Shrubsole) de-chased.

Literature

The Will of Anne Crowe, widow of Enfield, Public Record Office Mss. PROB 11/901/413, proved 1764.

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Lot Essay

The Maynard Master

The style and quality of the chasing on the present kettle and stand suggests the influence of the 'Maynard Master,' named after a sideboard dish made for Grey, 5th Baron Maynard (Christie's, London, 22 May 1991, lot 145 and now in the Cahn collection). The existence of this unnamed artist, working in Lamerie's workshop from around 1736 to the early 1740s, was first suggested by the silver historian Ubaldo Vitali. The work of the Maynard Master is typified by putti with distressed or plaintive expressions; spiralled buds, described as 'cinnamon bun' scrolls, and wilted lion's heads resting on their paws (E. Alcorn, Beyond the Maker's Mark: Paul de Lamerie Silver in the Cahn Collection, Cambridge, 2006).

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