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UNMARKED, SUPPLIED BY GEORGE WICKES, LONDON, 1731
Details
A GEORGE II SILVER-GILT CREAM-JUG
UNMARKED, SUPPLIED BY GEORGE WICKES, LONDON, 1731
Baluster form on shaped circular foot, profusely cast and chased with spiral flutes, waves and foliage, a demi-female figure below the spout, the base formed as a sea-monster with shell back and curled tail on a scrolling ground, the reeded scroll handle with putto and shell finial, the base engraved with scratchweight '10=8'
4 in. (10 cm.) high
10 oz. (328 gr.)
UNMARKED, SUPPLIED BY GEORGE WICKES, LONDON, 1731
Baluster form on shaped circular foot, profusely cast and chased with spiral flutes, waves and foliage, a demi-female figure below the spout, the base formed as a sea-monster with shell back and curled tail on a scrolling ground, the reeded scroll handle with putto and shell finial, the base engraved with scratchweight '10=8'
4 in. (10 cm.) high
10 oz. (328 gr.)
Provenance
Supplied by George Wickes to The Rt. Hon. William Conolly (d.1754) and then by descent to his second daughter Anne (d.1806), who married George Byng, M.P. (1735-1789) and then by descent to their son
George Byng Esq. M.P. (d.1847) and then by descent to his brother,
John, 1st Earl of Strafford G.C.B. (1772-1860)and by descent.
George Byng Esq. M.P. (d.1847) and then by descent to his brother,
John, 1st Earl of Strafford G.C.B. (1772-1860)and by descent.
Literature
Victoria and Albert Museum Mss.SD.95.0050, George Wickes Gentleman's Ledger 1741, Folio 25
'Feb 25th
To gilding a cream ewer 10[oz] 8[dwt] £1 5s '.
Inventory of Plate and Jewels belonging to George Byng, July 1847, Messrs Garrard & Co., Panton Street, Haymarket, London, '1 [silver-gilt] Cream Jug oz 10:10'.
'Feb 25
To gilding a cream ewer 10[oz] 8[dwt] £1 5s
Inventory of Plate and Jewels belonging to George Byng, July 1847, Mess
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