A GEORGE II SILVER CAKE BASKET

Lot 139
07.07.2023 11:00UTC +00:00
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£ 30 240
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Lot 139 | A GEORGE II SILVER CAKE BASKET
Valeur estimée
£ 20 000 – 30 000
A GEORGE II SILVER CAKE BASKET

MARK OF JOHN WHITE, LONDON, 1734

Oval on pierced spreading foot, the sides pierced and engraved with foliate branches framing four cartouches, the centre engraved with a band of diaper and scrolls, with Vitruvian scroll and corded rim and swing handle chased with diaperwork and rosettes, engraved with the King crest below a baron's coronet on the swing handle and on two cartouches and with a male or female portrait bust in the other two, marked underneath and on swing handle

12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm.) wide

80 oz. 16 dwt. (2,267 gr.)

The crest is that of King for John, 2nd Lord King and Baron of Ockham (1705/6-1740) the eldest son and heir of Lord Chancellor King, 1st Baron King (1669-1734).





Provenance

John, 2nd Lord King, Baron of Ockham (1705/6-1740), then by descent to,

William King-Noel, 8th Lord King, Baron of Ockham and 1st Earl of Lovelace (1805-1893), then by descent to,

Peter Axel William Locke King, 12th Lord King, Baron of Ockham and 5th Earl of Lovelace (1951-2018) and Kathleen, Countess of Lovelace,

The Earl and Countess of Lovelace; Sotheby's, London, 8 June 1995, lot 112.

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 9 November 1999, lot 32.



Literature

T. Schroder, 'Evidence without documents: patterns of ornament in rococo and Régence silver', Rococo silver in England and its colonies, The Silver Society Journal, 2004, no. 20, pp. 68-69, fig. 94.



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.
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