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A GEORGE II SILVER BASKET

Lot 5
07.07.2022 17:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
£ 100 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 791835
Lot 5 | A GEORGE II SILVER BASKET
Estimate value
£ 100 000 – 150 000
A GEORGE II SILVER BASKET

MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE, LONDON, 1750

Oval, on four shell pad feet with cherub's mask terminal linked by foliate rococo garlands, the sides pierced and chased with scrolls, foliage and fruit, the everted rim applied with two shells on each end and with trailing foliage, flowers, fruits, bees and insects, the centre similarly chased and engraved and with a coat-of-arms within a rococo cartouche, the swing handle cast and chased with shells and panels of scalework within scroll cartouches, marked underneath

15 in. (38.1cm.) wide

62 oz. 6 dwt. (1,939 gr.)

The arms are those of Gough of Old Fallings and Perry Hall, co. Stafford.





Provenance

Probably Walter Gough the younger (1712-1773) of Old Fallings Hall, Wolverhampton and Perry Hall, co. Stafford, presumably then by descent to his son,

John Gough (1744-1828), of Old Fallings Hall, Wolverhampton and Perry Hall, co. Stafford, presumbaly by descent to his son,

John Gough (1780-1844), of Old Fallings Hall, Wolverhampton and Perry Hall, co. Stafford, passing to his kinsman,

George Gough-Calthorpe, 3rd Baron Calthorpe (1787–1851), then by descent to,

Augustus Cholmondeley Gough-Calthorpe, 6th Baron Calthorpe (1829–1910).







Literature

Possibly Wetherall and Sons Ltd, The Right Honourable Augustus Cholmondeley, Baron Calthorpe, decd., Schedule for Probate No.1, The Family Plate, folio 2, Birmingham University Archives, Mss. 2126⁄4/3/4, 'pierced bread basket'.
Artist:Paul de Lamerie (1688 - 1751)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Silver
Historical era:Georgian period
Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Category:Basket
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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