1750s More Dining and Entertaining

George II Scottish silver salver waiter Ker & Dempster, Edinburgh, 1752 assay master Hugh Gordon. Crested with boar and motto above. Circular with shell and scroll border on three tu...

Georgian silver sugar nips, London, circa 1750 probably Thomas Nash 1. Scroll work arms, shell grips, marked with lion passant and maker’s mark in each grip. Measure: Length 5 inches...

Sterling silver, paw-footed, Georgian - George II - sauce/ gravy boat, London, 1753. Measures 5 inches (from edge of handle to edge of spout) x 3 inches deep at deepest point (from b...

Sterling silver, shell-footed, George II sauce/gravy boat, London, 1753, Samuel Herbert and Co. - makers. Measures 6 inches from edge of handle to edge of spout x 3 1/2 inches deep (...

The jug stands on a cast and applied stepped circular foot which is decorated with reeding. The pear shaped body rises to a slender neck which is also decorated with an applied reede...

These extremely rare bottle stands both have three unusual scroll feet and display a very crisp raised scroll border decorated with foliate scroll work. The centre of each Stand is e...

The Jug stands on a cast and applied stepped circular foot which is decorated with reeding. The pear shaped body rises to a slender neck which is also decorated with an applied reeded rim. This example has a "sparrow beak" pouring spout, with pendant drop below, and a beautiful plain scroll handle. The front of the main body is very beautifully engraved with a contemporary Armorial, surrounded by a strap work, shell and foliate spray cartouche. The Jug is in excellent condition, has a very good colour and displays crisp marks in the foot. Thomas Whipham...

The Sauceboat is of a substantial size and has a slightly baluster body rising to an applied gadrooned rim. The main body stands on three very unusual ribbed legs, with shell feet, attached to the main body with scalloped oval mouldings a most unusual design. The cast scroll handle is also decorated with ribbing and is very well marked on the base. The front of the main body is engraved with a contemporary Armorial, within a lozenge, surrounded by a shell and foliate spray cartouche. The Arms are those of a maiden Lady of the Tufton family, Earls of Thanet, created 1628. The Arms are specifically those of Lady Charlotte Tufton. She was born in 1728, one of three children of Sackville Tufton, 7th Earl, by his wife, Lady Mary Saville. Her father died in 1753. Lady Charlotte died at her home in Seymour Place, London, in 1803. She left £ 20,000 to her nephew, the then Earl, all her furniture to a Mrs Blackwell, described as her old intimate friend, and the remainder of her fortune, after a few small bequests to Lady Caroline Barham, nee Tufton, her niece. Lady Charlotte was buried with considerable pomp in the Tufton vault at Rainham, co. Kent. William Cripps is considered a particularly Fine maker who was apprentice to the famous David Willaume...

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George II English sterling silver beer jug; part of our Georgian silverware collection. This exceptional...