Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume IV : Les Arts de la table

A pair of George II silver salvers, George Wickes, London, 1746

Auction Closed

October 14, 11:42 AM GMT

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

A pair of George II silver salvers, George Wickes, London, 1746

shaped-circular form, the openwork borders cast with alternating male and female Bacchanalian masks separated by grapevines and insects, the surfaces engraved with foliate scrolls and floral boughs centred by arms within rococo cartouches, each raised on three vine-leaf feet

diameter 13¾in.; weight 94,5 oz.; 35 cm.; 2680 gr.

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Paire de présentoirs en argent George II par George Wikes, Londres, 1746

de forme circulaire, chacun reposant sur trois pieds, les bords ajourés ornés de masques de bacchantes séparés par des pampres et des insectes, les plateaux gravés de rinceaux et de fleurs centrés par des armoiries dans des cartouches

diameter 13¾in.; weight 94,5 oz.; 35 cm.; 2680 gr.

Sotheby's New York, 26 April 2008, lot 301

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Sotheby's New York, 26 avril 2008, lot 301

The arms are those of Robinson with a crescent for difference impaling Greenland for Morris Robinson who was born in 1715, the third surviving son of Matthew Robinson (1694-1778) and his wife, Elizabeth (née Drake, 1693-1746). Trained as an attorney he was appointed to the Six Clerks Office of the Court of Chancery in Lincoln’s Inn Fields. He was married at St. Michael’s Church, Bath on 13 February 1757 to Jane Greenland (1727-1810), by whom he had two sons, Morris (1757-1829) and Matthew (1762-1831). The younger Morris succeeded to the title and estates of his eccentric uncle, Matthew Robinson, 2nd Baron Rokeby (1713-1800); his brother, Matthew, who as the favourite nephew of the social reformer and writer, Mrs. Elizabeth Montagu (1718-1800), had assumed in 1776 the surname of Montagu, eventually succeeded as 4th Baron Rokeby.