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SECOND SESSION, JANUARY 5, 1928
331. George II Sterling Silver Compotier
By Paul Lamerie, London, 1746
Oval bowl with gadrooned edge, ornamented with scrolled shell and
leaf motives; the body chiseled with heavy swags of blossoms. On
ajoure bell base pierced with gadroons and chiseled with four dolphins,
head downwards. Scrolled and leaf-enriched foot.
Length, 11 inches
Note: Two of these compotiers were formerly in the collection of Sir
Samuel Montagu and are illustrated in J. S. Gardner, Old Silver-Work.
[Loan Collection}, 1902, pl. CXI, No. 1. They are accepted by Gardner
as work of Lamerie’s third period.
[See illustration on opposite page]
332. Early American Repousse Silver Coffee Service
By Tiffany and Company, New York; circa i860
Comprising two coffee-pots, hot-milk pitcher, covered two-handled
sugar-bowl and waste bowl. Beautifully engraved with scrolling
branches, repousses with vine leaves and bunches of grapes in bold
relief, the spouts and handles in the form of rustic vine branches.
Workmanship of high merit.
[See illustration on opposite page]
333. Pair Important George II Irish Silver Sauce-boats
By Thos. Williamson, Dublin, circa 1735
Scrolled gondola-shape, with gadrooned edge, the body beautifully
enriched with a mass of fishes, shells, seaweed and other ornament
forming a band in relief and supported by a bearded mascaron below
the spout; the handle superbly chiseled into the form of a merman,
wearing a species of turban and carrying a short spear, his body
terminating in a bifid tail. On oval base representing waves and
rockery.
Length, 10 x/2 inches
Note: The pieces bear no date mark, but Thos. Williamson’s mark is
quoted by Jackson as being found on silver of the years 1734-1735. A pair
of beautiful sauce-boats closely resembling the above and almost certainly by
the same maker were in the collection of Mr. A. Wertheimer and are
illustrated in J. S. Gardner, Old Silver-Work [Loan Collection'}, 1902, pl.
CXVIII, No. 2.
[See illustration on opposite page]
SECOND SESSION, JANUARY 5, 1928
331. George II Sterling Silver Compotier
By Paul Lamerie, London, 1746
Oval bowl with gadrooned edge, ornamented with scrolled shell and
leaf motives; the body chiseled with heavy swags of blossoms. On
ajoure bell base pierced with gadroons and chiseled with four dolphins,
head downwards. Scrolled and leaf-enriched foot.
Length, 11 inches
Note: Two of these compotiers were formerly in the collection of Sir
Samuel Montagu and are illustrated in J. S. Gardner, Old Silver-Work.
[Loan Collection}, 1902, pl. CXI, No. 1. They are accepted by Gardner
as work of Lamerie’s third period.
[See illustration on opposite page]
332. Early American Repousse Silver Coffee Service
By Tiffany and Company, New York; circa i860
Comprising two coffee-pots, hot-milk pitcher, covered two-handled
sugar-bowl and waste bowl. Beautifully engraved with scrolling
branches, repousses with vine leaves and bunches of grapes in bold
relief, the spouts and handles in the form of rustic vine branches.
Workmanship of high merit.
[See illustration on opposite page]
333. Pair Important George II Irish Silver Sauce-boats
By Thos. Williamson, Dublin, circa 1735
Scrolled gondola-shape, with gadrooned edge, the body beautifully
enriched with a mass of fishes, shells, seaweed and other ornament
forming a band in relief and supported by a bearded mascaron below
the spout; the handle superbly chiseled into the form of a merman,
wearing a species of turban and carrying a short spear, his body
terminating in a bifid tail. On oval base representing waves and
rockery.
Length, 10 x/2 inches
Note: The pieces bear no date mark, but Thos. Williamson’s mark is
quoted by Jackson as being found on silver of the years 1734-1735. A pair
of beautiful sauce-boats closely resembling the above and almost certainly by
the same maker were in the collection of Mr. A. Wertheimer and are
illustrated in J. S. Gardner, Old Silver-Work [Loan Collection'}, 1902, pl.
CXVIII, No. 2.
[See illustration on opposite page]
