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A PAIR OF GEORGE I SILVER SAUCEBOATS

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Lot 169 | A PAIR OF GEORGE I SILVER SAUCEBOATS
A PAIR OF GEORGE I SILVER SAUCEBOATS

MARK OF PETER ARCHAMBO, LONDON, 1728

Each shaped oblong and double-lipped, on reeded foot and with moulded central rib and shaped reeded borders, with two double scroll handles with foliate terminals, each engraved with a coat-of-arms within strapwork and shell mantling, each marked underneath

8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm.) long

45 oz. (1,412 gr.)

The arms are those of Handasyde impaling Thornicroft, for Roger Peter Handasyde (b.c.1684-1763) M.P. of Gaines, co. Huntingdon and his wife Elisabeth (1689-1773), daughter of Sir John Thornicroft 1st Bt. (d.1725) of Milcombe, co. Oxford, whom he married on 2 February 1709.





Provenance

General Roger Handasyde (c.1684-1763).

Oliver May; Christie's, London, 27 June 1973, lot 33.

A European Collector; Christie's, London, 5 July 2005, lot 32.



Literature

J. Herbert ed., Christie's Review of the Season, London, 1973, p. 231.



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:Peter Archambo I (1699-1759)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Silver
Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Category:Bowl
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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