Lot 2133
  • 2133

A pair of George II silver sauce boats, Pezé Pilleau, London, 1751

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on bases and with scratch weights 17:17 and 17:9
  • silver
  • length 8 in.
  • 20.3 cm
the fluted body with shaped rim and shell applied under lip, leaf-capped multiple-scroll handle, engraved on one side with early crest

Literature

George Parker, “Lighting and Dining in the Eighteenth Century: Silver Pewter, Brass and Bronze,” Wisconsin Academy Review, 43: 3 (Summer 1997), 18.

Condition

in good condition, nice weight
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