231211: A fine and rare set of an early George II Start Price GBP 60,000.00 Current Price GBP 70,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 5 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, November 23, 2008 End Time Sunday, November 23, 2008 Location London, England, United Kingdom See more about '231211: A fine and rare set of an early George II' Description Current Lot A fine and rare set of an early George II square silver salver and four matching waiters Paul de Lamerie, London 1728-29 Britannia standard, with raised moulded rims and incurved corners, each raised on four simple scrolling bracket feet, each centrally engraved with contemporary arms in architectural cartouches flanked by demi-figures: the salver with demi-mermaids, one holding a looking glass, the other a comb, the waiters with demi-winged putti holding swags, the corners engraved with contemporary crests in oval cartouches linked by 'Hogarthian' borders of trailing leaves on a brick ground (5) 36.8cm and 15.2cm wide, 111oz Heraldry: The arms are those of Johnson as granted in 1707 to Matthew Johnson of Withcote, co. Leicester. The same arms in a widow's lozenge appear on lot 23 in the Jamie Ortiz - Patino collection, the cake basket of 1742, where they are almost certainly for Elizabeth Johnson, one of Matthew Johnson's children. Each engraved with the name CHESELDEN HENSON to the rear Provenance: The Jamie Ortiz - Patino Collection of Silver by Paul de Lamerie, Sotheby's New York, April 22nd 1998, lot 12 (unsold at sale) A Lady, Sotheby's, November 18, 1965, lot 181 Note: A similar set comprising a pair of large salvers and a set of four waiters were sold at the Sotheby's Collection of Mrs. Fay Plohn 16th July 1970, lots 85 and 86 Place a Bid!