A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER SAUCEBOATS
MARK OF AYME VIDEAU, LONDON, 1748
Helmet shaped and each on shaped oval foot cast and chased with shells and scrolls, with quilted leaf-capped double scroll handles rising from shells, the bodies applied on each side with elaborate rococo foliage, scrolls and grotesque mask cartouches, one engraved with a crest, the other with a coat-of-arms, applied beneath the lip with a shell, marked on undersides
9 in. (22.9 cm.) long
44 oz. 10 dwt. (1,247 gr.)
The arms are those of Gresley of Drakelow co. Derby with Hood in pretence, for Sir Thomas Gresley, 5th Bt. 1722-1753) and his wife Wilmot Hood, daughter and heir of Alderman Hood of Scraptoft, Leicester, whom he married in 1749.
A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER SAUCEBOATS
MARK OF AYME VIDEAU, LONDON, 1748
Helmet shaped and each on shaped oval foot cast and chased with shells and scrolls, with quilted leaf-capped double scroll handles rising from shells, the bodies applied on each side with elaborate rococo foliage, scrolls and grotesque mask cartouches, one engraved with a crest, the other with a coat-of-arms, applied beneath the lip with a shell, marked on undersides
9 in. (22.9 cm.) long
44 oz. 10 dwt. (1,247 gr.)
The arms are those of Gresley of Drakelow co. Derby with Hood in pretence, for Sir Thomas Gresley, 5th Bt. 1722-1753) and his wife Wilmot Hood, daughter and heir of Alderman Hood of Scraptoft, Leicester, whom he married in 1749.
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