Live Auction 16270The Collector: English and European 18th and 19th Century Furniture, Ceramics, Silver & Works of Art
A GEORGE II SILVER CAKE BASKET
Lot 207 Property from the Estate of William Kelly Simpson

A GEORGE II SILVER CAKE BASKET

MARK OF SAMUEL HERBERT, LONDON, 1750

Closed23 October 2018

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USD 18,750

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A GEORGE II SILVER CAKE BASKET
MARK OF SAMUEL HERBERT, LONDON, 1750
Oval, on four scroll supports headed by putti, the body pierced with quatrefoils and scrolls, the cast floral border with espagnolet heads, the swing handle chased with conforming rocaille flowers, marked to base
16 in. (40.6 cm.) long
70 oz. (2,177 gr.)

Sir Narborough D’Aeth, 2nd Bt. And his wife Anne Clarke.
Possibly Colonel Tipping, deceased of Brasted Place, Brasted, Kent, Christie’s, London, 15 May 1911, lot 39 (to Teniers).

Specialist note

The arms are those of D’Aeth quartering another impaling Clarke, for Sir Narborough D’Aeth, 2nd Bt. (1708-1773) of Knolton and his wife Anne, daughter of John Clarke of Blake Hall, co. Essex, whom he married in 1738.