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AEDPair George II English Silver Strawberry Dishes, Paul de Lamerie, Prime Minister Provenance
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Based in Asheville, North Carolina, Brunk Auctions has been conducting sales of fine and decorative arts for over 30 years. Auctions are held in our North Carolina sale room but attracts a global audience. Founded by Robert Brunk in 1983, the auctions became well known for their integrity and profes...Read more
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LiveMay 21, 2026
Examples by Paul de Lamerie and Paul Storr, Art Nouveau figural candlesticks and a rare 62-pc Flora Danica silver gilt flatware cap 50 silver lots. Paintings and works on paper by J. Martin-Ferrieres, Philip Hermogenes, Adolphe Bonny, Wm Skilling, Camille Pissarro and H. Claude Pissarro. Porcelain by Meissen, Sevres, Tiffany, Jacob Petit and Royal Crown Derby. Desk & table clocks, micromosaic obelisks, tea caddies and boxes, Continental wood carvings, Viennese bronzes, 30 carpets, among others. Brunk Auctions support@brunkauctions.com
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- Lot Description
London, 1731, round body with fluted and scalloped rim, later coat of arms, marks for Paul de Lamerie, Britannia standard, .958 fine, 25.14 oz. T., 1-1/4 x 7-1/4 in.
Provenance: Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford; Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford; Strawberry Hill sale, 11th day, May 6, 1842, lot 134, described as "Four handsome 7 1/2" circular ribbed preserve dishes"; Marks Antiques, London, November 16th, 1999, GBP 70,000, (accompanied by copy of receipt)
Note: The arms of Walpole impaling for Sire Robert Walpole (1676-1745), Britain's first Prime Minister, and his first wife, Catherine Shorter, whom he married in 1700.
In the Cholmondeley archive at Cambridge University, an account book lists a bill paid by Robert Walpole to David Willaume on August 5th, 1716 (GBP 123 18s)
Exhibited: Norwich Castle Museum, October 12, 1996-January 5th, 1997and the Iveagh Bequest, January 23rd to April 20th, 1997, Houghton Hall: The Prime Minister, The Empress and The Heritage, item, 62.
Literature: Andrew Moore, ed., Houghton Hall: The Prime Minister, The Empress and The Heritage, page 143, cat. no. 62.
- Provenance
Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford; Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford; Strawberry Hill sale, 11th day, May 6, 1842, lot 134, described as "Four handsome 7 1/2" circular ribbed preserve dishes"; Marks Antiques, London, November 16th, 1999, GBP 70,000, (accompanied by copy of receipt)
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