A SUITE OF THREE GEORGE II SILVER CASTERS, PAUL CRESPIN, LONDON, 1736 |

baluster form applied with four straps of masks, laurel and fleur-de-lys, the covers pierced with diaper-work below banded orb finials, on spreading circular bases chased with scrolling foliage, one caster blind, all crested below a Baron's coronet

Christie's, Geneva, 27 April 1976, lot 235;
The Diane Collection

All bodies clearly marked to the underside, the covers part marks with lion passant only. All casters significantly worn to the strap-work decoration. Crests rubbed. Very good gauge. Otherwise good condition
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The design for these casters can be found on several slightly earlier examples by Paul de Lamerie. A 1734 pair is illustrated in P.A.S. Phillips, Paul de Lamerie His Life and Work, plates LXXXVIII and LXXXXIX.