Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 24th April 2018
Lot 408
A George II silver cream jug and silver-gilt sugar bowl
Estimate £700 - £900 | Hammer £9500
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Description
A George II silver cream jug and silver-gilt sugar bowl,
the cream jug unmarked, the sugar bowl by Elizabeth Godfrey, London 1751,
the jug of snail shell form, with a mythical dolphin scroll handle, on a cast shell and scroll foot, the underside with a scratch weight '9=12', height 10.5cm, the sugar bowl of circular form, with snail shell decoration, on a shaped square shell and scroll foot, both engraved with a crest, diameter of bowl 11.5cm, approx. total weight 16.5oz. (2)
Provenance: The property of the Earl of Chichester.