ID 935955 
Lot 15  | A GEORGE II SILVER BASKET
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 30 000 
with shells, leaves and scrolls on matted ground, the swing handle engraved with a crest, slightly later engraved underneath with inscription, marked underneath and engraved with scratch weight 75=15
141/8 in. (36 cm.) long
74 oz. 3 dwt. (2,307 gr.)
The later inscription reads EX DONO ROBERTUS FENWICK ARM FEBRUARY 1759.
The arms are those of Fenwick impaling another, possibly Colville, for Robert Fenwick (1717-1802) and his wife Jane, daughter of Edward Colville of Whitehouse, widow of Charles Clerk of Newcastle and sister of Camilla, Countess of Tankerville, whom he married in 1739.
| Artist: | Peter Archambo I (1699-1759) | 
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| Medium: | Silver | 
| Place of origin: | United Kingdom | 
| Category: | Basket | 
| Artist: | Peter Archambo I (1699-1759) | 
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| Medium: | Silver | 
| Place of origin: | United Kingdom | 
| Category: | Basket | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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