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Ladle

  • Maker

    Henri Auguste (1759-1816)

  • Detail

    Silver-gilt (re-gilded), with ebony handle

    Length: 30.5 cm

    French (Paris), 1783-89

  • Marked

    For Henri Auguste, and with silver control marks, and ‘bec fort’ (see left)

  • Provenance

    William Beckford (1760-1844); by descent to the Dukes of Hamilton and Brandon; Sotheby’s at Lennoxlove, 24 June 1980, lot 251; acquired from Phillips & Harris, September 1980; Clive and Jane Wainwright

  • Literature

    Clive and Jane Wainwright Collection, H. Blairman & Sons, 21 June – 14 July 2023, no. 2

  • Literature

    Michael Snodin and Malcolm Baker, ‘William Beckford’s Silver II, The Burlington Magazine, December 1980, see pp. 826-827

    Clive and Jane Wainwright Collection, London: H. Blairman & Sons, 2023, no. 2

  • Collection

    Private collection

  • Note

    The marks were identified by Charles (Charlie) Truman (1949-2017): letter to Clive Wainwright, 20 October 1980.

    The ladle is recorded by Snodin and Baker, loc. cit., ‘Appendix C: French Silver.  C.15 PUNCH LADLES pr, c. 1790. s/g, wooden handle.  H. Auguste.  Crest.  (Sale 1980 251)’.