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John Wirgman
A Rare Set of Twelve George II Gold Teaspoons with Sugar Nips, c. 1740
Weight: 6 oz. 12 dwt.
London
H0600
$ 35,000.00
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Only three sets of gold teaspoons from the Georgian period are known: - A set of six teaspoons and a sugar nipper with shell-shaped bowls, c. 1750 by FH; see...
Only three sets of gold teaspoons from the Georgian period are known:
- A set of six teaspoons and a sugar nipper with shell-shaped bowls, c. 1750 by FH; see the Gilbert Collection of Gold and Silver by Timothy Schroder, no. 77, pp.295-7.
- A set of c. 1750, unmarked, with a pair of sugar tongs and a straining spoon, recorded in the Gilbert catalog, p. 295.
- The present set twelve teaspoons and nippers, c. 1745 by John Wirgman, recorded in the Gilbert catalog, p. 295.
The Gilbert Collection catalog states (p. 295): "English gold plate other than snuffboxes and freedom boxes is very rare: a list published by Grimwade (1951, vol. 128, p. 89) of all items then known from the period 1507-1830 falling outside the above-mentioned categories amounted to only about eighty objects."
Provenance:
Herbert Augustus Salwey (1848-1939) of Runnymede Park, Surrey
Christie's London, 19 April 1936 lot 190
Michael Noble, sold Christies London, 13 December 1967, lot 41
Jaime Ortiz-Patino, Christie's London, 2 June 2009, lot 173
- A set of six teaspoons and a sugar nipper with shell-shaped bowls, c. 1750 by FH; see the Gilbert Collection of Gold and Silver by Timothy Schroder, no. 77, pp.295-7.
- A set of c. 1750, unmarked, with a pair of sugar tongs and a straining spoon, recorded in the Gilbert catalog, p. 295.
- The present set twelve teaspoons and nippers, c. 1745 by John Wirgman, recorded in the Gilbert catalog, p. 295.
The Gilbert Collection catalog states (p. 295): "English gold plate other than snuffboxes and freedom boxes is very rare: a list published by Grimwade (1951, vol. 128, p. 89) of all items then known from the period 1507-1830 falling outside the above-mentioned categories amounted to only about eighty objects."
Provenance:
Herbert Augustus Salwey (1848-1939) of Runnymede Park, Surrey
Christie's London, 19 April 1936 lot 190
Michael Noble, sold Christies London, 13 December 1967, lot 41
Jaime Ortiz-Patino, Christie's London, 2 June 2009, lot 173