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PRESENTED IS A SUPERB GEORGE II SOLID SILVER SALVER CREATED BY THE IMPORTANT LONDON MAKER 'WILLIAM CRIPPS' IN 1749;
BORN IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM, CRIPPS APPRENTICED TO THE HUGUENOT DAVID WILLAUME 8 JANUARY 1731, FREE, 2 MAY 1738. FIRST MARK ENTERED AS LARGEWORKER, 31 AUGUST 1743 WITH REGISTERED ADDRESS AT CROWN AND GOLDEN BALL, COMPTON STREET. SECOND MARK 16 JULY 1746 UPON MOVING TO GOLDEN BALL, St. JAMES'S STREET LIVERY. THIRD MARK, 16 NOVEMBER, DIED ABOUT 1 SEPTEMBER 1767; AS MIGHT BE EXPECTED FROM HIS LONG APPRENTICESHIP TO WILLAUME, CRIPPS BECAME AN ACCOMPLISHED CRAFTSMAN IN THE ROCOCO STYLE-- THE PRESENT SALVER VOUCHES FOR HIS MASTERFUL VERSATILITY IN THIS MOST ELABORATE OF GEORGE II SILVER FORMS; OF CIRCULAR SHAPE, ON FOUR CAST GRAPEVINE OPENWORK FEET, THE BORDER OF CAST OPENWORK GRAPEVINE WITH FOUR MASKS AT INTERVALS REPRESENTING BACCHANTES WITH INSECTS AND SNAILS AMIDST THE GRAPEVINE. THE FIELD ENGRAVED WITH A COAT OF ARMS. FURTHER ENGRAVED AROUND THE BORDER WITH A CASTLE, A WHALE, VOLCANO, FLOWERS, FRUITS AND BIRDS OF PREY; FULLY MARKED ON THE BACK AND WITH THE MAKER'S MARK AND THE LION PASSANT ON THE INSIDE OF THE RIM; EXCELLENT CONDITION-- THE EXPECTED WEAR TO THE ENGRAVINGS, NO REPAIRS, DENTS, OR OTHER FLAWS; DIAMETER: 22 1/2"; WEIGHT: 152 TROY OUNCES, 168 STANDARD OUNCES,
4,763 GRAMS
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