ID 992694
Lot 139 | A GEORGE II SILVER CAKE BASKET
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 30 000
MARK OF JOHN WHITE, LONDON, 1734
Oval on pierced spreading foot, the sides pierced and engraved with foliate branches framing four cartouches, the centre engraved with a band of diaper and scrolls, with Vitruvian scroll and corded rim and swing handle chased with diaperwork and rosettes, engraved with the King crest below a baron's coronet on the swing handle and on two cartouches and with a male or female portrait bust in the other two, marked underneath and on swing handle
12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm.) wide
80 oz. 16 dwt. (2,267 gr.)
The crest is that of King for John, 2nd Lord King and Baron of Ockham (1705/6-1740) the eldest son and heir of Lord Chancellor King, 1st Baron King (1669-1734).
Provenance
John, 2nd Lord King, Baron of Ockham (1705/6-1740), then by descent to,
William King-Noel, 8th Lord King, Baron of Ockham and 1st Earl of Lovelace (1805-1893), then by descent to,
Peter Axel William Locke King, 12th Lord King, Baron of Ockham and 5th Earl of Lovelace (1951-2018) and Kathleen, Countess of Lovelace,
The Earl and Countess of Lovelace; Sotheby's, London, 8 June 1995, lot 112.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 9 November 1999, lot 32.
Literature
T. Schroder, 'Evidence without documents: patterns of ornament in rococo and Régence silver', Rococo silver in England and its colonies, The Silver Society Journal, 2004, no. 20, pp. 68-69, fig. 94.
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
| Artist: | John White |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Silver |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Basket |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Artist: | John White |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Silver |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Basket |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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