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Twenty four David Willaume II sterling silver dinner plates London 1732. Hallmarked: lion passant crowned leopard's head and DW (David Willaume II). All plates having a circular form and each with gadrooned border finely engraved with a coat of arms each plate individually numbered.Measures: 9 3/4" x 3/8"Weight: 449.85 troy ounces (total)
WILLAUME, David. David Willaume 1 – goldsmith/metalworker; banker/financier. Born on 7 June 1658 on the Pont des Morts (the Bridge of the Dead), in Metz France, he was the third of six children of Adam Willaume and Anne Phillipe who had married in 1651. This somewhat unglamorous sounding birthplace – The Bridge of the Dead – allegedly ...
The maker of this cup, David Willaume, was one of the most successful London goldsmiths of his time and enjoyed the patronage of wealthy clients. It is interesting to note that even such a prominent silversmith should engage in the dishonest practice of duty-dodging. Historical Associations
A handsome set of four antique silver candlesticks, the spreading circular bases with sunken wells and a chased border of foliage. The sticks have a pale gi ... +44 (0) 7904 297419
Thomas Pitts, London silversmith, apprenticed to Charles hatfield 1737, turned over to David Willaume II 1742, free 1744. Pitts was a specialist epergne maker from 1766. His 3 sons Thomas, William and Joseph were all apprenticed to him in 1767, 1769 and 1772. read more. There are no products for this maker. View Archive. Keep up to date with ...
The Rockingham Wine Cistern A George I massive wine cistern Maker's mark of David Willaume, London, 1722, Britannia Standard Oval and on spreading domed foot with gadrooned border, applied with acanthus foliage, husk, basket of flowers and scroll cut-card work on a matted ground, the body with two leaf-capped scroll handles with lion's mask and tassled lambrequin finials, the body chased with ...
The ewer bears the mark of the Huguenot goldsmith David Willaume II. Amongst his most important patrons in the early 1740's was George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington, of Dunham Massey. Lord Warrington was at the height of the silver-buying at the time and Willaume provided him with some of the most magnificent of his later acquisitions. Provenance
