A GEORGE II TWO-HANDLED SHAPED OVAL SOUP TUREEN AND COVER, with four lion's mask and paw feet, with foliage and scroll handles, the stepped domed cover with shell and scroll handle, with gadrooned borders, engraved twice with a coat-of-arms within foliage cartouche,<I> by Paul de Lamerie, 1740</I> | Christie's

Sale 4662

Silver & Objects

London

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27 November 1991

Browse Sale

Lot 105

A GEORGE II TWO-HANDLED SHAPED OVAL SOUP TUREEN AND COVER, with four lion's mask and paw feet, with foliage and scroll handles, the stepped domed cover with shell and scroll handle, with gadrooned borders, engraved twice with a coat-of-arms within foliage cartouche, by Paul de Lamerie, 1740

Price realised

GBP 41,800

Estimate

GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000

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A GEORGE II TWO-HANDLED SHAPED OVAL SOUP TUREEN AND COVER, with four lion's mask and paw feet, with foliage and scroll handles, the stepped domed cover with shell and scroll handle, with gadrooned borders, engraved twice with a coat-of-arms within foliage cartouche, by Paul de Lamerie, 1740
14in. (35.6cm.)
(143ozs.)

Provenance

Crichton Brothers, 1945
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Lot Essay

The arms are those of Stratford, co. Gloucester with another in pretence
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