Sale 7131
London
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1 December 2004
Price realised
GBP 17,925
Estimate
A set of four George II silver second-course dishes Mark of Nicholas Sprimont, London, 1743 Comprising two larger and two smaller dishes, each shaped circular with ribbon-tied reeded borders with foliate interstices, the border engraved with a coat-of-arms within foliate mantling, each fully marked on reverse, also engraved with number and scratchweight: 'No 1 25=9'; 'No 4 26=(indistinct)'; 'No 13 44=7'; and 'No 14 44=18' the larger pair, 14½in. (37cm.) diam; the smaller pair, 11¼in. (28.5cm.) diam. 134oz. (1,478gr.) The arms are those of Jervoise (4)
Provenance
Major A. F. Clarke Jervoise D.L., J.P.; Christie's London, 11 December 1968, lots 177 and 178
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