Sale 6258
London
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23 May 2012
Price realised
GBP 3,250
Estimate
TWO GEORGE II SILVER SAUCEBOATS MARK OF WILLIAM CRIPPS, LONDON, 1750 AND 1754 Each oval and on pad feet with quilted legs, with quilted scroll handle, engraved with a crest below an earl's coronet, each marked underneath, further engraved with a scratchweight '14=19=0' and '15=7' 8½ in. (21.5 cm.) wide 28 oz. 8 dwt. (884 gr.) The crest is that of the Earls of Sandwich almost certainly for John, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718-1792). (2)
Provenance
The Earls of Sandwich, almost certainly John, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718-1792). With Heming, London.
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