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A George I silver ragout spoon, Paul de Lamerie, London, 1720

Auction Closed

December 8, 05:58 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A George I silver ragout spoon, Paul de Lamerie, London, 1720

Hanoverian rat-tail pattern, engraved with a coat-of-arms

30cm., 11 ¾in. long

170gr., 5 ½oz.

Please note that this lot should not have a W symbol in the catalogue. This lot can be collected in New Bond Street after the sale.

Christie's, London, 21 May, 1969, lot 78

Sir George Dowty (1901-1975)

The Dowty Collection

Christie's, New York, 22 April, 1993, lot 47

Hare, Susan (ed.); Paul de Lamerie: The Work of England's Master Silversmith 1688-1751; London, 1990

Schroder, Timothy; The Dowty Collection of Silver by Paul de Lamerie; London, 1983

Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum, 1983, no.2

Goldsmiths' Hall, London, 1990, no.23

The arms are those of Treby quatering Grange, for George Treby (c.1694-1742), son of Sir George Treby, the eminent Whig lawyer and politician, and his third wife Dorothy, daughter of Ralph Grange. George Treby the younger was M.P. for Plympton (1708-27), Secretary at War (1718-24), Master of the Household (1730-40) and Lord of the Treasury (1740-42).

Treby is an important figure in the study of Paul de Lamerie due to the survival of several invoices issued to him as a patron of the silversmith. The current spoon appears on an invoice dated April 25th 1721 as '4 Ladles or ragoos spoons weight 27oz. 10dwt...£8-14-0'