A pair of George III silver cruet stands, Benjamin Laver, London, 1782
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October 14, 11:42 AM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
A pair of George III silver cruet stands, Benjamin Laver, London, 1782
on four openwork scroll feet, the terminals with acanthus and shells, with fruiting vines below, each fitted with a pair of tripod stands supporting cut-glass bottles, the tripod legs with hoof feet, applied husks and satyr masks, the glass bottles with silver caps with fruiting vine and gadrooned finials, the bases engraved with a crest below a Baron's coronet
length 12½in.; weight 92 oz.; 32 cm.; 2610 gr.
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Paire d'huiliers George III en argent par Benjamin Laver, Londres, 1782
reposant sur quatre pieds sommés de feuilles d'acanthe, de coquilles et de pampres de vigne, les supports des bouteilles appliqués de masques, les bouteilles en verre taillé avec des bouchons en argent ornés de pampres et de prises godronnées, les bases gravées d'un cimier timbré d'une couronne de baron
length 12½in.; weight 92 oz.; 32 cm.; 2610 gr.
Collection of Theodore and Ruth Baum
Sotheby's New York, 22 October 2004, lot 428
Christie's New York, 21 June 2012, lot 1121
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Collection of Theodore and Ruth Baum
Sotheby's New York, 22 octobre 2004, lot 428
Christie's New York, 21 juin 2012, lot 1121
Benjamin Laver, son of John Laver of Somerton, Somerset, and his wife, Frances, was baptised at nearby Curry Rivel on 23 February 1737. He was apprenticed on 4 October 1751 to Thomas Heming and gained his freedom on 5 December 1764. He was married at St. Martin in the Fields on 6 November 1759 to Jane Vippon, by whom he had several children, including William (1760-1815) and Thomas Laver who were apprenticed to their father respectively on 7 December 1774 and 4 October 1780. ‘What seems likely is that [Benjamin] Laver may have been working in a similar relationship to and for Thomas Heming [goldsmiths to George III] as the Crespells did for Parker and Wakelin.’ (A.G. Grimwade, London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837, p. 577)
Laver eventually retired to Hardingstone, Northamptonshire, where he died in 1810. (Will signed, 31 July 1807, with two codicils, 7 July 1808 and 6 January 1810, National Archives, PROB 11/1517). A plaque to his memory is to be found in the church of St. Edmund, Hardingstone.
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