A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER SHELL DISHES

Lot 132
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ID 992673
Lot 132 | A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER SHELL DISHES
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£ 40 000 – 60 000
A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER SHELL DISHES

MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE, LONDON, 1742

Each realistically modelled as a scallop shell, on two shell-form feet each issuing from clusters of coral, shells, and seaweed, the scalloped bowl with a squared hinge-wing engraved twice with a crest, marked on back of hinge-wing

51/4 in. (13.3 cm.) wide

15 oz. 2 dwt. (470 gr.)





Provenance

Mrs. M. A. S. Veysey; Sotheby's, London, 17 June 1971, lot 175.

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 22 April 1993, lot 62.



Literature

M. Holland, An Illustrated Guide to Collecting Silver, London, 1973, p. 42, illustrated.

V. Brett, The Sotheby's Directory of Silver, London, 1984, p. 178, no. 730.



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