A Pair of George II Silver Sauceboats - Mark of Paul De Lamerie, London, 1735

Lot 554. Each shaped oval and on four paw and shell feet, with reeded and shell rim, chased below the rim with shells and foliage scrolls, with a scroll handle, later engraved beneath the lip with a cypher below a baron's coronet, each marked underneath
8¼ in. (21 cm.) long  34 oz (1,074 gr.)
The cypher is that of the Barons Ashburton, perhaps for Louisa Caroline Baring (1827-1903), second wife of William Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton (1799-1864). (2) - Estimate: £15,000 25,000

Provenance : Probably The Property of a Gentleman, [A.P Lloyd and Edward Brooke]; Christie's London, 2 May 1887, lot 115 (£48 11s 7d to Bone)

Note : For a similar pair on a pedestal foot, also hallmarked for 1735, see P. A. S. Phillips, Paul de Lamerie His Life and Work, London, 1935, pl. C, p. 97

Christie's. Important Silver. 29 November 2007, 2:00 pm. 8 King Street, St. James's, London