A fine George II silver soup tureen and cover, Peter Archambo, London, 1743

oval bombe form, raised on shell and scrollwork feet embellished with masks of rams and boars, each side cast and applied with elaborate sprays of fruits and flowers, rocaille and foliate embellished scrolling handles, the domed covers applied with a spread-winged eagle perched on a spreading pile of game, within a border of oval flutes on a matted ground, engraved with a later crest

The liner is probably Victorian electroplated. The cover with repair to one wing of eagle finial, also previous repair at this point.. One foot is pushed in (visible to interior) although tureen sits flat on even surface. Below one handle there are traces of an old repair where the metal is bruised and there is a small split around the handle junction. Various assay scrapes to interior rim. The tureen is of very good gauge. Otherwise light wear to high points of cast decoration.
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Various models similar to the present lot are known of this period by eminent silversmiths including John Wickes, John Edwards, and Paul de Lamerie, with whom Archambo served his apprenticeship between 1738 and 1747. The date of this tureen (1743) suggests it was influenced by the Lamerie workshop and comparisons can be drawn with a tureen by Lamerie of 1747, with similar eagle finial (sold Christies London, 27 November 2012, lot 775).

An almost identical example by Peter Archambo, London, 1744, with lion embellished feet sold Replica Shoes 's, New York (Parke-Bernet), November 23 1971, lot 164. Interestingly, the exact model of the present lot was used for two separate pairs of soup tureens and stands, Robert Garrard, London, 1809 and 1810, sold Replica Shoes 's Parke-Bernet, 10 June 1975, lot 499 and Christies London, 29 June 1955, lot 124.