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A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER SHELL DISHES

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07.07.2022 17:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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Lot 4 | A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER SHELL DISHES
A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER SHELL DISHES

MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE, LONDON, 1732

Each realistically modelled as a scallop shell, on two shell-form feet each issuing from clusters of coral, the scalloped bowl with a squared hinge-wing engraved with a crest, marked on back of hinge-wing, with scratch weights to feet ‘6-14’ and ‘7-10’

5 in. (12.7cm.) wide

13 oz. 19 dwt. (434 gr.)





Provenance

Sir Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling (1832-1911), 12 Kensington Palace Gardens, London, by 1902, then by descent to his son;

Louis Samuel Montagu, 2nd Baron Swaythling (1869–1927), then by descent to his son;

Stuart Albert Montagu, 3rd Baron Swaythling (1898–1990).

Rt. Hon. Lord Swaythling, removed from Townhill Park, Southampton; Christie’s, London, 17 July 1946, lot 79, (£165 to Crichton),

With Crichton Brothers, London, from 1946.

A Lady; Sotheby’s, London, 24 March 1960, lot 8, part, (£3,200 to Shrubsole).

A Gentleman; Sotheby’s, London, 23 January 1964, lot 62, part, (£3,500 to Mrs Weichter).

A Distinguished New York Private Collection; Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, 4 June 1974, lot 83, part ($11,000)

Donald S. Morrison (1893-1979), Short Hills, New Jersey, USA,

Donald S. Morrison Collection; Sotheby’s, New York, 22 April 1998, lot 39.

With Kenneth Davis (Works of Art) Ltd., London.

A Florida Couple; Christie’s, New York, 26 October 2006, lot 146.



Literature

J. Starkie-Gardner, Old Silver Work Chiefly English from the XVth to the XVIIIth Centuries: A catalogue of the unique loan collection exhibited in 1902 at St. James’s Court’, London, 1903, pl. CXII, p. 113.

Inventory of Works of Art settled as heirlooms by Montagu, First Lord Swaythling, 1911, reprinted 1919, prepared by Christie, Manson & Woods, p. 43, no. 161, ‘Pair of Escallop Shells’.



Exhibited

London, St. James’s Court, Buckingham Gate, Loan Collection of Old Silver-Work, Chiefly English, 1902, case C, nos. 21 and 22. Lent by Sir Samuel Montagu.



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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:Paul de Lamerie (1688 - 1751)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Silver
Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Category:Butter box, Case
Auction house category:All other types of objects, Plates & Dishes
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