An early 18th century cast silver cream jug

An early 18th century cast silver cream jug,

unmarked, attributed to David Willaume II, London circa 1725-30,

shell form, the scroll handle with scales and a grotesque mask, the front with a cherub mask below the spout, the body supported by a reclining mythical animal on a raised oval foot with a foliate border, engraved with a crest, height 10cm, approx. weight 7.1oz.

The crest is that of Bridges.

Provenance: Dreweatts London, Iconic Jewels and Treasures, 3 December 2015, lot 7.

From the collection of Lord Fitzwalter, Goodnestone Park, Kent.

See Hartop, Christopher The Huguenot Legacy: English Silver 1680-1760: from the Alan and Simone Hartman Collection London 1996, p. 288 for a silver gilt example marked by David Willaume II, London 1721-22. A number of similar cream jugs are recorded, most of which are unmarked, but all those which are bear the maker s mark of David Willaume II.