Pair of Sauce Boats by Paul deLamerie

A RARE PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER SAUCE BOATS BY PAUL DE LAMERIE (1688-1751), London 1741, maker’s mark of Paul de Lamerie, each of helmet form, the rim centred by scallop shell and volute motif, the otherwise plain bodies engraved with a heraldic crest, applied with double C scroll handles and scroll junctions, raised on four hairy paw feet on petals, (c.28.5 troy ozs in all) Each 19.3cm long (over handle and spout), 12.8cm high Provenance: Private Collection, Dublin.  POA