A GEORGE II SILVER SALVER

Lot 166
07.07.2023 11:00UTC +00:00
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Prix de départ
£ 15 000
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Lot 166 | A GEORGE II SILVER SALVER
Valeur estimée
£ 15 000 – 25 000
A GEORGE II SILVER SALVER

MARK OF ABRAHAM BUTEUX, LONDON, 1727

Shaped circular, with moulded border, on three scroll pad feet, the centre engraved with a coat-of-arms within an elaborate rocaille cartouche flanked by figures and with mask above, marked underneath and with scratch weight 59=6

14 1/8 in. (36 cm.) diameter

55 oz. 12 dwt. (1,730 gr.)

The arms are those of Smithson impaling Hare, for Hugh Smithson M.P. (b.c.1661-1740) of Tottenham High Cross, co. Middlesex, and Armin, co. York, and his second wife the Hon. Constantia Hare (d.1726), daughter of Henry Hare, 2nd Baron Coleraine (1636-1708), whom he married in 1717.





Provenance

Hugh Smithson M.P. (b.c.1661-1740) of Tottenham High Cross, co. Middlesex and Armin, co. York.

The Estate of Jacqueline Getty Phillips; Christie's, New York, 21 October 1993, lot 556.



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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