Admiral George Anson and his Lamerie silver.

The Magazine Antiques | June 1, 1994| | Copyright

In 1893 a quantity of silver made by the Huguenot silversmith Paul de Lamerie(1) was offered for sale in London by Christie, Manson and Woods.(2) It had been owned by Admiral George Anson (Pl. I), whose exploits at sea had made him a rich man. This silver is important as an example of laying down plate by an eighteenth-century gentleman. At the same time it marks the high point of rococo design and technical virtuosity in eighteenth-century English silver.

Anson was born on April 23, 1697, at Shugborough Hall, the family's house in Staffordshire. His father, William (d. 1720), ...

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