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A FINE WILLIAM III SILVER-GILT EWER MARK OF DAVID WILLAUME, LONDON, 1700 Of helmet-form, on gadrooned spreading foot, the lower body applied with strapwork calyx, with gadrooned upper mid-band, applied with the head of Diana and a stylized shell beneath the lip, the handle formed as a scrolling female herm, the front engraved with a coat-of-arms within a foliate and scalework cartouche, marked ...
The handles of the cistern and the finial of the fountain are modeled in the form of the heraldic supporters and crest of the earls of Meath, for whom this...
David Willaume II, apprenticed to his father the master Hugeunot silversmith David Willaume I in 1707, free 1723. First and 2nd marks entered as largeworker in 1728, roughly the time of his father’s retirement. 3rd mark 1739. He became High Sheriff of Bedfordshire in 1737. Goldsmith to the King 1744 and 1746. Died 1761.
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 ...
Inscription: On underside of base: 13-15 4067 on bezle of cover Marking: [1] WI, pellet below, two mullets above in shaped shield, (maker's mark for David Willaume) (Grimwade 3192); [2] Britannia (English quality mark for sterling); [3] Lion's head erased (English quality mark for sterling); [4] g, date letter for 1702-03.
CAPTION David Willaume Sr.. Two-Handled Cup with Cover, ca. 1702-1703. Silver, 12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm) ; cup height: 7 3/8 in. (31.1cm) diameter top: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm ...
Inscription: Pricked on back above rat-tail: E.E.W Engraved below initials: 1724 Marking: [1] lion passant (English quality mark for sterling); [2] DW between 2 estoiles, fleur-de-lis below (maker's mark for David Willaume I); [3] F[?] (mark illegible, probably a date letter for 1721–22). Location of marks: All on back of stem. Maker's mark ...
