Silver by Paul de Lamerie
London’s leading Rococo silversmith, a Huguenot, with pierced baskets and rich cast decoration.
Paul de Lamerie (1688–1751) was born in the Netherlands to French Huguenots and worked in London from 1713. He is counted the greatest English silversmith of the 18th century. Examples are in the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Ashmolean and Goldsmiths’ Hall.
Materials: Silver
Manufacture: Pierced, cast and chased; often with a cartouche for the owner’s arms.
The pierced, lattice-like wall and the cast masks and shells.
His mark, P L beneath a crown, beside the London hallmarks.