ID 992597
Lot 166 | A GEORGE II SILVER SALVER
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 25 000
MARK OF ABRAHAM BUTEUX, LONDON, 1727
Shaped circular, with moulded border, on three scroll pad feet, the centre engraved with a coat-of-arms within an elaborate rocaille cartouche flanked by figures and with mask above, marked underneath and with scratch weight 59=6
14 1/8 in. (36 cm.) diameter
55 oz. 12 dwt. (1,730 gr.)
The arms are those of Smithson impaling Hare, for Hugh Smithson M.P. (b.c.1661-1740) of Tottenham High Cross, co. Middlesex, and Armin, co. York, and his second wife the Hon. Constantia Hare (d.1726), daughter of Henry Hare, 2nd Baron Coleraine (1636-1708), whom he married in 1717.
Provenance
Hugh Smithson M.P. (b.c.1661-1740) of Tottenham High Cross, co. Middlesex and Armin, co. York.
The Estate of Jacqueline Getty Phillips; Christie's, New York, 21 October 1993, lot 556.
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: | Abraham Buteux (1698 - ?) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Silver |
| Historical era: | Period of George II |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Dishes and trays |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Artist: | Abraham Buteux (1698 - ?) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Silver |
| Historical era: | Period of George II |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Dishes and trays |
| 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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