Sale 6163
London, South Kensington
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17 May 2011
Price realised
GBP 2,750
Estimate
A MATCHING PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER SAUCE TUREENS MARK OF I.B, LONDON, 1770 Oval with undulating gadroon rims, side handles terminating in leafage, tall foliate scroll feet terminating in leaf pads, engraved with crest and rococo arms of Gossip of Thorp Arch, Yorkshire, together with a pair of George II Hanoverian pattern sauce ladles with a different crest, marks indistinct, London, circa 1750 8 in.long (20 cm.) 30 oz. (930 gm.) (4)
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The arms are for Wilmer Gossip (1742-1790) and his wife and distant kinsman, Anne Willmer, married 18 September, 1770.
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