A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER SOUP TUREENS, COVERS, LINERS AND STANDS

Lot 66
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Lot 66 | A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER SOUP TUREENS, COVERS, LINERS AND STANDS
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£ 20 000 – 30 000
A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER SOUP TUREENS, COVERS, LINERS AND STANDS

MARK OF JOHN WAKELIN AND WILLIAM TAYLOR, LONDON, 1777

Oval, the stands on four bud feet and chased with a border of stiff leaves, the raised centre engraved with scrolling foliage framing two applied ribbon-tied medallions, the plain tureens with beaded borders and applied with laurel swags held by ram's mask and scroll handles, the domed cover surmounted by a finial of a putto astride a Bacchic lion, with silver liners, engraved on stand, body and cover with a crest and viscount's coronet, marked on stand, tureen, cover, and liner, engraved on the stands, No 1 55=0 and No 2 52=18, on the tureens No 1 114=4 and No 2 113=19, on the covers no 1 and No. 2 and on the liners No 1 24=5 and No 2 25=16

17 in. (43.2 cm.) long

381 oz. 8 dwt. (11,865 gr.)

The crest is that of Lowther, for William Lowther, 2nd Viscount Lowther, later 1st Earl of Lonsdale (second creation) (1757-1844), engraved between 1802 and 1807 before James Lowther was made 1st Earl of Lonsdale of the second creation.





Provenance

William Lowther, 2nd Viscount Lowther (1757-1844), later 1st Earl of Lonsdale, of Lowther Castle, co. Westmoreland, then by descent to,

Lancelot Lowther, 6th Earl of Lonsdale (1867-1953), of Lowther, co. Westmoreland,

The Earl of Lonsdale; Christie's, London, 19 February 1947, lot 94, the pair (£360 to Platt).

A Connecticut Collector; Christie's, New York, 27 October 1987, lot 392, (the first tureen).

With E. & C. T. Koopman & Son Ltd., London, April, 1989, (the first tureen).

Le Grand Style An Apartment on the Quai d'Orsay designed by Alberto Pinto; Christie's, Paris, 30 June 2022, lot 113, (the first tureen).

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 22 May 2009, lot 187, (the second tureen).



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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