A GEORGE II SILVER-GILT CREAM JUG

Lot 133
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Lot 133 | A GEORGE II SILVER-GILT CREAM JUG
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£ 2 000 – 3 000
A GEORGE II SILVER-GILT CREAM JUG

ATTRIBUTED TO DAVID WILLAUME II, LONDON, CIRCA 1730

In the form of an auricular shell on a spreading foot and supported by a beast, the cast body applied under the lip with a female mask and with serpent scroll handle and palmette terminal, engraved below the spout with a crest under a coronet, marked on the rim with later French control mark for foreign items

4 1/8 in. (10.6 cm.) high

9 oz. (280 gr.)

The crest is that of Tooker or Tucker.





Provenance

A Canadian Collector; Christie's, New York, 21 April 1998, lot 232.



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