A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER SAUCEBOATS

Lot 126
07.07.2023 11:00UTC +00:00
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£ 10 000
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ID 992625
Lot 126 | A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER SAUCEBOATS
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£ 10 000 – 15 000
A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER SAUCEBOATS

MARK OF AYME VIDEAU, LONDON, 1748

Helmet shaped and each on shaped oval foot cast and chased with shells and scrolls, with quilted leaf-capped double scroll handles rising from shells, the bodies applied on each side with elaborate rococo foliage, scrolls and grotesque mask cartouches, one engraved with a crest, the other with a coat-of-arms, applied beneath the lip with a shell, marked on undersides

9 in. (22.9 cm.) long

44 oz. 10 dwt. (1,247 gr.)

The arms are those of Gresley of Drakelow co. Derby with Hood in pretence, for Sir Thomas Gresley, 5th Bt. 1722-1753) and his wife Wilmot Hood, daughter and heir of Alderman Hood of Scraptoft, Leicester, whom he married in 1749.





Provenance

Sir Thomas Gresley, 5th Bt. 1722-1753) of Drakelow Hall, co. Derby.

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 23 April 1993, lot 487.



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