A MATCHING PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER SAUCE TUREENS
Lot 530

A MATCHING PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER SAUCE TUREENS

MARK OF I.B, LONDON, 1770

Closed17 May 2011

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GBP 2,750

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A MATCHING PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER SAUCE TUREENS
MARK OF I.B, LONDON, 1770
Oval with undulating gadroon rims, side handles terminating in leafage, tall foliate scroll feet terminating in leaf pads, engraved with crest and rococo arms of Gossip of Thorp Arch, Yorkshire, together with a pair of George II Hanoverian pattern sauce ladles with a different crest, marks indistinct, London, circa 1750
8 in.long (20 cm.)
30 oz. (930 gm.) (4)

Specialist note

The arms are for Wilmer Gossip (1742-1790) and his wife and distant kinsman, Anne Willmer, married 18 September, 1770.