A George II Silver Soup Tureen and Cover, Paul de Lamerie, London, 1741
Auction Closed
October 16, 06:35 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 80,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
on four lion mask feet, applied with vacant cartouches flanked by spreading wheat and branches with a rams head below, handles rising from lion masks, hoop handle rising from a cartouche with grotesque lion heads and shells, marked on base and cover rim, with scratch weight 139=14 and pricked monogram JRS
138 oz 10 dwt
4310.5 g
Length over handles 17 3/4 in.
45 cm
Christopher Beckett Denison (1825-1884), M.P. for the Yorkshire West Riding, sold
Christie's, London, 6 June 1885, lot 2112 (£37 to Phillips)
Sotheby's, London, 11 November 1982, lot 24
Collection H. E. Mahdi Al-Tajir
Christie's, London, 10 June 2010, lot 337
The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, Christie's, London, 1989, no. 79
The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, 1989, p. 112
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