Fine Silver - 27th April 2016

Lot 231

A pair of George II silver Rococo soup ladles

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £400

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Description

A pair of George II silver Rococo soup ladles,

by William Turner, London 1754,

fluted shell bowl, the terminal with Rocco scroll decoration, and a vacant cartouche, the reverse of the terminal with the crest of a crowned standing cockerel, one bowl heavily repaired, length 40cm, approx. weight 19.4oz. (2)

The crest is that for Almor Lowry, later Lowry-Corry, Viscount Belmore.