A PAIR OF GEORGE III ROYAL SILVER SAUCEBOATS

Lot 87
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ID 992723
Lot 87 | A PAIR OF GEORGE III ROYAL SILVER SAUCEBOATS
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£ 15 000 – 25 000
A PAIR OF GEORGE III ROYAL SILVER SAUCEBOATS

MARK OF THOMAS HEMING, LONDON, 1770

Each boat shaped, on oval stylised shell shaped foot, the slightly bombé body spirally fluted with chased wave design and fluted everted rim, the cast flying scroll handle with a foliate scroll, engraved below the lip with the Royal badge flanked by the initials GR, marked below the lip

7 1/2 in. (19 cm.) long

40 oz. 8 dwt. (1,257 gr.)

The arms are those of King George III (1760-1820), of Great Britain and Ireland.





Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 18 February 1981, lot 703.

The Victor Niederhoffer Collection; Sotheby's, New York, 22 April 1998, lot 232.



Literature

V. Brett, The Sotheby's Directory of Silver, 1600-1940, London, 1986, p. 223, no. 989.



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