A George III Silver Soup Tureen and Cover, Benjamin Laver, London, 1783
No reserve
Auction Closed
October 16, 06:35 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
bombè oval, engraved with arms on both sides and crests on cover, with gadroon rims and forked reeded loop handles, artichoke finial, marked on base and rim of cover, 20th century collector's mark EH-53 on base
79 oz 5 dwt
2463 g
Length over handles 16 ¼ in.
41 cm
Esther Thomas Hoblitzelle, Dallas
Dallas Museum of Art
Christie's, New York, 22 April 1983, lot 10
Sotheby's, London, 27 November 2001, lot 94
Mary L. Kennedy, The Esther Hoblitzelle Collection of English Silver. Austin, 1957, p. 158-59, pl. 56.
The arms are those of Vyner impaling those of Carter, as borne by Robert Vyner of Gautby, Lincolnshire, born in 1717. He married Eleanor, daughter of Thomas Carter of Redbourne and died in 1799. His grandfather, Thomas Vyner, succeeded in 1688 to the estates of Sir Robert Vyner (1631-1688), the celebrated goldsmith and banker.
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