MARK OF AYME VIDEAU, LONDON, 1746-1747

Details

A GEORGE II SILVER-GILT EWER AND BASIN
MARK OF AYME VIDEAU, LONDON, 1746-1747
The vase-shaped ewer on spreading circular foot chased with border of scrolls, flowers and foliage on a matted ground, with moulded knop above, the body chased with with floral swags and grotesque bat mask on a matted ground, framed by scroll border, applied below the spout with a female mask on a stylised shell above a vacant rococo cartouche, the leaf-capped double-scroll handle with shell terminal, the shaped oval basin with outcurved rim applied with shells, the border chased with floral swags and scrolls, the ewer marked on body, the basin on reverse of border
the ewer 11 in. (28 cm.); the basin 15 in. (37.5 cm.) long
76 oz. 13 dwt. (2,385 gr.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 10 June 1993, lot 433.

Special notice

This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

The form of the basin is almost identical to that made by Videau in 1755 as part of an extensive silver-gilt dessert service commissioned by the Middlesex baronet Sir John Fleming (b.c.1730-1763) of Brompton Park, for his wife Jane, daughter of William Coleman of Garnhay, Devon, most recently sold Christie's, New York, 17 May 2011, lot 194.

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