Object Description
A beautifully hand crafted early English silver tureen of rococo form with matching cover. Oval bellied shape with cast side handles, shaped feet and broad gadroon borders. Hand engraved to the front is an expansive armorial within a scroll cartouche and side flanked by chased flower ornament. Heavy gauge silver. Good colour.
Weight 2805g, 90.1 troy oz.
Spread across handles 39cm, 15.3 ins. Height 22.5cm. Top rim measures 31cm x 21cm.
London 1762.
Maker Sebastian and James Crespel.
Sterling silver.
Excellent size suitable for vegetables, soups and stews.
Marks. Stamped underneath the body and on the edge of the top rim with a full set of English silver hallmarks.
Maker: Sebastian & James Crespel
Sebastian & James Crespel, London silversmiths, no record of their apprenticeship or freedom. Their mark is assumed to have been entered in the missing largeworkers’ register circa 1760. The Crespels are noted in Edward Wakelin’s workmen registers and it’s likely that they learnt their trade in Wakelin’s workshop; the entry for 1769 records them as supplying plates and dishes, which seem to constitute their greatest output. Their careers certainly seem to have been tied to Wakelin and from 1782 it’s likely that all pieces bearing their mark went through the latters’ hands. From 1788 Wakelin’s ledger account is headed ‘James Crespel’, indicating Sebastian’s probable death or retirement. The ledgers finish in October 1806 without any apparent successor to the business. James Crespel had at least four sons apprenticed in the trade.
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