Antique Silver George III Taperstick made in 1768
£1,200
This exceptional antique George III cast sterling silver taperstick has a plain classical English four-shell form.
| Date | 1768 |
| Made By | William Cripps |
| Location | London |
| Stock Number | W59x17 |
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Antique Silver George III Taperstick made in 1768
This exceptional antique George III cast sterling silver taperstick has a plain classical English four-shell form.
The plain cylindrical capital is encircled with bands of rope twist and tooled decoration.
The upper portion of the waisted-shaped column features a panelled quatrefoil-shaped knop embellished with lobed design.
The taperstick is in the four-shell rococo form and still retains its original detachable nozzle.
It is in excellent crisp condition and made by, William Cripps, one of the best silversmiths of the period.
Dimensions, height 14.1 cm.
Weight, 5.8 troy oz.
William Cripps was a prominent and prolific manufacturing and retail silversmith based in London. After being apprenticed to the popular goldsmith and banker William Daume, he was set free in 1738. Five years later, he submitted his first mark as a largeworker in Compton Street, Soho. In 1746, he moved his premises to St. James’s Street, where he remained until his death.
Cripps specialised in fine tableware pieces and became a “versatile exponent of the rococo style” (Arthur G. Grimwade, London Goldsmiths 1697-1837, 1990). Nowadays his sets of dishes, candlesticks and drinking vessels in the Rococo style are sought after in auction by collectors, and some of his pieces can be seen at the Victoria and Albert museum in London.
Cripps died in 1766 and, as it appears from his will, he did not have a wife nor children. His business was continued first by George Coyte and later by Mark Cripps, possibly William’s cousin.
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