A George II Silver Soup Tureen and Cover, Charles Kandler I, London, Circa 1740
Auction Closed
October 16, 06:35 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
with lion head handles, on paw feet, sides engraved with later arms, cover crested and with artichoke finial, maker's mark only struck four times on base, scratch weight 101=0
100 oz
3110 g
Length over handles 18 in.
45.7 cm
Christie's, London, 20 May 1987, lot 371
Sotheby's, New York, 19 April 2001, lot 221
The arms are those of Metcalf. The sculptural lion head handles on this tureen should be compared to the fully-modeled horse head handles springing from shellwork on a pair of circa 1735 tureens by Kandler engraved with the Meynell arms, see Grimwade, Rococo Silver, pl. 24, and sold Sotheby's, New York, 16 June 1982, lot 77; that pair of tureens was also struck with maker's mark only four times.
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