ID 848375
Lot 182 | A GEORGE II SILVER SALVER OR KETTLE-STAND
Estimate value
£ 2 000 – 3 000
MARK OF PETER ARCHAMBO, LONDON, 1731
Plain circular and on three scroll feet, with fluted rim, the centre engraved with a coat-of-arms with a baroque shell, scroll and brickwork cartouche, flat-chased with a border of shells, scrolls, strapwork and diaperwork, enclosing two crests and two 'SD' cyphers, marked on reverse and with scratchweight 30=6
11 in. (27.9 cm.) diameter
29 oz. (903 gr.)
The arms are those of Downes with Tully in pretence for Stephen Downes (d. 1755), Registrar of Middlesex and Clerk of Enrollments in the Court of Chancery, and his wife Charlotte, the daughter and co-heir of James Tully Esq. of Charterhouse Square, London. Her sister and co-heir Sarah married Sir Richard Hoare, the banker and Lord Mayor of London, in 1732.
Provenance
Stephen Downes (d. 1755), of Hampton Court, co. Middlesex, bequeathed in his will to his elder daughter,
Charlotte Downes (1744-1832).
A Gentleman; Sotheby's, London, 23 February 1967, lot 127 (£480).
With Partridge Fine Art Ltd, London.
Literature
The Will of Stephen Downes of Hampton Court, Public Record Office Mss. PROB 11/817/293, dated 6 November 1752, proved on 20 August 1755, 'I give my daughter Charlotte my silver tea kettle and lamp and my salver commonly used therewith to be delivered to her by my executors'.
Artist: | Peter Archambo I (1699-1759) |
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Medium: | Silver |
Historical era: | Georgian period |
Place of origin: | Northern Europe, United Kingdom |
Category: | Dishes and trays |
Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
Artist: | Peter Archambo I (1699-1759) |
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Medium: | Silver |
Historical era: | Georgian period |
Place of origin: | Northern 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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