MARK OF LOUIS CUNY, LONDON, 1733

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A GEORGE II SILVER SALVER
MARK OF LOUIS CUNY, LONDON, 1733
Square with incurved corners and gadrooned borders, the centre later engraved with crest within scroll, cherub and husk swag cartouche, marked underneath, further engraved with scratchweight '26=10'
9 in. (22.8 cm.) square
24 oz. 19 dwt. (776 gr.)
The crest is that of Bradshaw, Northumberland.

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Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 5 March 1998, lot 239.

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In common with a number of the greatest and most inventive silversmiths working in London in the 18th century, Louis Cuny (d.1733) was of French Huguenot parentage. The revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 lead to an exodus four hundred thousand French Protestants, many highly educated. Military men, merchants and skilled craftsmen such as silversmiths, clockmakers and silk weavers were conspicuous in their number. The gadrooning on the present lot is a design feature common to works of Huguenot silver, appearing on pieces David Willaume, Philip Rollos, Pierre Platel and Paul de Lamerie. Cuny was free on 1 December 1703 and registered his first mark the very same day. His son Samuel apprenticed to him in 1710.

MARK OF LOUIS CUNY, LONDON, 1733

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