A GEORGE II SILVER CUP AND COVER
MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE, LONDON, 1740
Vase-form, on a spreading circular base with a band of applied shells and stylized foliage on a matted ground, the lower body with applied vertical swirling foliage and alternating leaf-capped scrolls on a matted ground below a tied reeded mid-rib, with leaf-clad multi-scroll side handles with shell joins, the high domed cover with a tied reeded rim with shells at intervals, with similar decoration on a matted ground and surmounted by a bud finial supported by acanthus leaves, the body engraved with a coat-of-arms within a rococo cartouche, the same coat-of-arms engraved on the cover, also engraved under base with an inscription, fully marked on cover bezel and on base
12 in. (31.1 cm.) high; 65 oz. (2,035 gr.)
A GEORGE II SILVER CUP AND COVER
MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE, LONDON, 1740
Vase-form, on a spreading circular base with a band of applied shells and stylized foliage on a matted ground, the lower body with applied vertical swirling foliage and alternating leaf-capped scrolls on a matted ground below a tied reeded mid-rib, with leaf-clad multi-scroll side handles with shell joins, the high domed cover with a tied reeded rim with shells at intervals, with similar decoration on a matted ground and surmounted by a bud finial supported by acanthus leaves, the body engraved with a coat-of-arms within a rococo cartouche, the same coat-of-arms engraved on the cover, also engraved under base with an inscription, fully marked on cover bezel and on base
12 in. (31.1 cm.) high; 65 oz. (2,035 gr.)
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