A GEORGE II SILVER TWO-HANDLED SOUP TUREEN AND COVER
Lot 314PROPERTY FROM A PENNSYLVANIA COLLECTION

A GEORGE II SILVER TWO-HANDLED SOUP TUREEN AND COVER

MARK OF WILLIAM CRIPPS, LONDON, 1752

Closed5 April 2022

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USD 22,680

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A GEORGE II SILVER TWO-HANDLED SOUP TUREEN AND COVER
MARK OF WILLIAM CRIPPS, LONDON, 1752
Bombé oval, raised on four scroll and shell feet headed by female herms with flowers and scrolls, the body applied with two rococo cartouches engraved with a crest and a coat-of-arms, the cover chased with scrolls, flowers, and rocaille and engraved twice with a crest, and surmounted by an artichoke-form finial, marked on underside and flange of cover
18 in. (45.7 cm.) long, over handles
153 oz. 18 dwt. (4,786 gr.)

Specialist note

A very similar soup tureen and cover by William Cripps dated 1750 was sold from the Estate of Benjamin F. Edwards III, Christie's, New York, 19 October 2012, lot 185.