ID 992719
Lot 159 | A GEORGE II SILVER-GILT CAMPAIGN BEAKER
Estimate value
£ 10 000 – 15 000
MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE, LONDON, 1738
Plain tapering cylindrical with flared lip, engraved with cypher HB, engraved underneath '1740', in contemporary fitted leather case lined in burgundy velvet, marked underneath
3 in. (7.6 cm.) high
5 oz. (156 gr.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 19 December 1956, lot 131 (£380 to Shrubsole).
With Shrubsole, London.
Anonymous sale; Christies, New York, 27 October 1987, lot 293.
With Spink & Son Ltd., London.
The E. W. Davidson Collection, by 1990.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 12 April 1995, lot 348.
Literature
S. Hare ed., Paul de Lamerie, The Work of England's Master Silversmith (1688-1751), London, 1990, p. 112, cat. no. 68.
B. Carver Wees, English, Irish and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, New York, 1997, p. 132, n. 3.
Exhibited
London, The Goldsmiths' Hall, Paul de Lamerie, The Work of England's Master Silversmith (1688-1751), 1990, cat. no. 68.
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: | Paul de Lamerie (1688 - 1751) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Silver |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Beakers |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Artist: | Paul de Lamerie (1688 - 1751) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Silver |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Beakers |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
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