Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 2 - 31st January 2024

Lot 645

A George II silver waiter,

Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £2898

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Description

A George II silver waiter,
by Paul de Lamerie, London 1744,
circular form, foliate and scroll border, the centre with an armorial, within foliate mantling, on three scroll bracket feet, diameter 18.4cm, approx. weight 11.2oz.

Provenance: A Private Collection.
The armorial is that of Milles impaling Potter. Rev. Jeremiah Milles FSA (1714-1784) married Edith Potter, daughter of the Archbishop of Canterbury, on 29th May 1745.