Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 29th October 2019
Lot 505
An early 18th century cast silver cream jug
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £2000
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Description
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.