Catalogue of Fine English and continental silver and plate the property of the Lord Amherst of Hackney. . [ Sotheby & Co., auction catalogue, sale date: 22 October 1953 ].

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Published by Sotheby & Co., London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 22nd October 1953, 1953

About this Item

Yellow printed wrappers, 8vo, 20 pp, 6 plates, fold-out genealogical table of Lord Amherst's ancestors. 169 lots. Among the highlights noted were the following: an Elizabethan cup by John Jons, Exeter, c. 1576; a Commonwealth wine cup and a porringer, 1653 and 1658; a rare Charles II peg tankard, engraved with aview of Pontefract Castle, by John Plummer, York, 1678; three-prong forks and early spoons; a fine set of four square waiters, by Paul de Lamerie, 1729; a cup and cover, by Paul De Lamerie, 1733; a tea-kettle and stand, by Augustus Courtauld, 1734; two double-lipped sauceboats, matching, by Benjamin and Eliza Godfrey, 1739-47; two rare pairs of mugs, by Paul De Lamerie, 1746, and; a cake basket, by Paul de Lamerie, 1749. Seller Inventory # ABE-51852

Bibliographic Details

Title: Catalogue of Fine English and continental ...

Publisher: Sotheby & Co., London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 22nd October 1953

Publication Date: 1953