Sale 1499
New York
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14 April 2005
Price realised
USD 13,200
Estimate
A GEORGE III SILVER SOUP TUREEN MARK OF WILLIAM TWEEDY, LONDON, 1772 Oval and bombe form, on three scroll feet with acanthus joins, with a gadrooned rim and two leaf-clad handles, the domed cover with gadrooning and acanthus at intervals, with a pomegranate finial, the body engraved with a coat-of-arms, the cover with a crest, marked under base, cover, and finial 15 in. (38.1 cm.) long over handles; 86 oz. 10 dwt. (2693 gr.)
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The arms are those of Stapleton impaling those of another.
Pre-Lot Text
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