John Sandon
Consultant
Lot 79
A George II silver tea caddy, mark of Paul de Lamerie (1688-1751), London, 1745
31 January 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £6,875 inc. premium
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A George II silver tea caddy, mark of Paul de Lamerie (1688-1751), London, 1745
Oblong, with re-entrant corners, the sides chased with foliated scrolls, flowers and rocaille, the hinged cover with a rocaille, grotesque mask and shell finial, later engraved on each side with coat-of-arms, marked underneath, 9.5cm wide x 6cm deep x 13.5cm high, (3 1/2in wide x 2in deep x 5in high) weight 12oz. (402g)
Footnotes
Provenance:
In the collection of George S. Palmer when sold to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1913.
Sold Christie's, 4 June 2013, Lot 354
Literature:
Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (April, 1906), Volume I, No. 5, p.70, notes that in that year George S. Palmer, of New London, Connecticut had 'lent a portion of his fine collection of table plate...[including]...a tea caddy by Paul Lamerie, 1745...'.
The marks are as follows: Leopard's head crowned; K (London date letter for 1745–46); Lion passant (English quality mark for sterling); P L (script), crowned, pellet below (maker's mark for Paul de Lamerie). The arms on either side of this caddy were probably added in the 19th century to commemorate a marriage. One of the shields is engraved with the arms of HASELWOOD of Oldington and Bridgnorth, Shropshire or, on a chevron gules between three owls sable as many lozenges ermine, on a chief azure three hazel branches or and their motto quod me mihi reddit amicum. The other set of arms is more difficult to trace. Those to the sinister are possibly or, on a bend azure an estoile between two crescents of the field, for MURRAY. Those to the dexter have not been traced. Together, the arms may commemorate the marriage of Charles Knight Murray and Maria Haselwood in 1838.