Live Auction 2729Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Paintings and Prints including Masterworks from the Westervelt Company and Selections from Thomas Molesworth's Ranch A Commission
A GEORGE III SHEFFIELD-PLATED SOUP TUREEN
Lot 88 PROPERTY FROM THE WESTERVELT COMPANY

A GEORGE III SHEFFIELD-PLATED SOUP TUREEN

CIRCA 1780, ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS LAW & CO., SHEFFIELD

Closed25 September 2013

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A GEORGE III SHEFFIELD-PLATED SOUP TUREEN
CIRCA 1780, ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS LAW & CO., SHEFFIELD
Oval on four dolphin feet, the body fluted, the handles gadrooned with shell joins, the domed cover partially gadrooned with dolphin-form handle, engraved with a crest and with a later monogram, apparently unmarked
17 in. (43.2 cm.) long over handles

M.S. Rau Antiques, New Orleans, July 1994

Specialist note

A nearly identical Sheffield-plated soup tureen by Thomas Law & Co., Sheffield, circa 1777, is in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum.