LOT DETAILS

Materials:

silver

Size Notes:

each; wight 1.141 gr.

Description:

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Markings:

engraved under spouts with a coat-of-arms in a shellwork cartouche, marked Paul de Lamiere, London, 1738 on undersides

Literature:

M. Clayton, Collector’s Dictionary of Silver, Woodbridge, 1971, no. 480A, p. 325. D. Fennimore et al., the David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, New York, 1992, vol. IV, p. 399, no. 455 (illustrated).

Provenance:

Sir Henry Augustus Clavering, 10th Bt. and last Bt. (1824-1893). Montagu, 1st Lord Swaythling (1832-1911). the Renowned Collection of Silversmith's Work formed by the Right Hon. Montagu, First Lord Swaythling, being part of the Swaythling Heirlooms; Christie's, London, 6 May 1924, lot 18. Anonymous sale [Crichton Brothers]; Christie's, London, 13 February 1957, lot 111. Acquired from Walter H. Willson Ltd., London, October 1957.