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Marked by: Paul de Lamerie (Dutch (active in England) 1688–1751)
English (London)
1745–46
Medium/Technique
Silver (sterling standard)
Dimensions
Overall: 3.8 x 16.5 x 15.5 cm (1 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 6 1/8 in.)
Weight: 26 oz (808 g)
Weight: 26 oz (808 g)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman and Harriet J. Bradbury Fund
Accession Number2001.116.2
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
Marks
Struck on reverse with hallmarks (leopard's head, lion passant, date letter for 1745-6), and with maker's mark of Paul de Lamerie.
ProvenanceMade for Charles Henry Coote, 7th Earl of Mountrath (1725-1801). November 17, 1960, sold by a "lady" at Sotheby's, London, lot 154. Hilmar Reksten, Bergen, Norway; May 22, 1991, sold by Hilmar Reksten at Christie's, London, lot 53, where most probably bought by Alan and Simone Hartman, New York, NY; 2001, gift of Alan and Simone Hartman. (Accession date: February 21, 2001)