ID 992532
Lot 131 | A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER WAITERS
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 30 000
MARK OF CHRISTIAN HILLAN, LONDON, 1742
Each shaped circular, on four scroll feet formed as a bunch of grapes, a cloud, and an acanthus leaf, the rim cast and chased with three putto masks, the first grasping thunderbolts, the second surrounded by grapes and the third amidst clouds, the fourth side with a conch shell, all within rocaille and scrolls, engraved in the centre with a coat-of-arms within an asymmetrical foliate scroll cartouche, marked under bases
7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) wide
27 oz. 6 dwt. (849 gr.)
The arms are those of Clifford of Perrystone Court, Foy, co. Hereford.
Provenance
A Nobleman; Christie's, London, 10 December 1980, lot 144.
A Collector; Christie's, New York, 28 April 1992, lot 237.
Literature
U. Vitali, 'Retooling for the rococo: assembling the complex network of talents, skill and language to express the new style', Rococo silver in England and its colonies, The Silver Society Journal, 2004, no. 20, pp. 83-85, figs. 97, 135.1 and 135.2.
E. Alcorn, Beyond the Maker's Mark, Paul de Lamerie Silver in the Cahn Collection, Cambridge, 2006, p. 30-31, fig. 24.
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.
| Manufactur: | Christian Hillan |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Silver |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Manufactur: | Christian Hillan |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Silver |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
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