Live Auction 2737Important Silver
A SET OF THREE GEORGE II SILVER SALVERS
Lot 113

A SET OF THREE GEORGE II SILVER SALVERS

MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE, LONDON, 1735

Closed23 October 2013

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A SET OF THREE GEORGE II SILVER SALVERS
MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE, LONDON, 1735
Each square, with cusped corners, on four scroll tab feet, the fields and borders with engraved and flat-chased rocaille, the corners with cartouches engraved with crests, the center with a coat-of-arms in a rococo cartouche, each marked on reverse
8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm.) and 5¾ in. (14.6 cm.) square; 41 oz. (1,280 gr.) (3)

Specialist note

The arms are those of Knipe with another in pretence.

Lamerie produced a number of silver items for members for members of the Knipe family in the 1730s, featuring engraved lattice and strapwork decoration. The commissions included two pairs of sauceboats, 1730 and 1735, sold respectively, Christie's, London, 12 July 1985, lot 127 and 25 November 2008, lot 40; a salver and a pair of tea caddies, 1735, both illustrated in P.A.S. Phillips, Paul de Lamerie, His Life and Work, 1935, pls. LXXXV and XCVIII; and a cake basket, 1732, sold Sotheby's, New York, 26 October 2012, lot 132.