A GROUP OF EARLY GEORGIAN SILVER TABLE ARTICLES, LONDON, FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY

Property from a New York Private Collection
A GROUP OF EARLY GEORGIAN SILVER TABLE ARTICLES, LONDON, FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY

comprising a creamer, maker's mark IV crowned, 1738, initialed below handle H/J*E; covered sugar bowl by William Paradise, 1727, engraved with arms; strainer, maker's mark ?A, 1723, crested; sugar tongs by Henry Renaud, circa 1730; and mote spoon. Together with a Scottish open sugar bowl by David Mitchell & William Aytoun, Edinburgh, 1739, 6 pieces
20 oz
622 g
length of strainer 6 ⅞ in.
17.5 cm

Condition Report:
The covered sugar bowl with shallow dents to foot and cover rims. The other pieces with occasional minor dings or shallow bruises, otherwise good condition. The Scottish sugar bowl lacking an Assay Master mark.

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