Pair of cruets and cruet stands
These cruets would have held vinegar and oil for dressing food at the dining table.
An obituary in the London Evening Post described Paul de Lamerie as "particularly famous in making fine ornamental Plate, and…very instrumental in bringing that Branch of the Trade to the Perfection it is now in." His family was among the Huguenots who fled France for England after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. He became one of the most renowned silversmiths in eighteenth-century London, working with a significant workshop and taking on thirteen apprentices over the course of his career.
An obituary in the London Evening Post described Paul de Lamerie as "particularly famous in making fine ornamental Plate, and…very instrumental in bringing that Branch of the Trade to the Perfection it is now in." His family was among the Huguenots who fled France for England after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. He became one of the most renowned silversmiths in eighteenth-century London, working with a significant workshop and taking on thirteen apprentices over the course of his career.
Artwork Details
- Title: Pair of cruets and cruet stands
- Maker: Paul de Lamerie (British, 1688–1751, active 1712–51)
- Date: 1749–50
- Culture: British, London
- Medium: Silver, glass
- Dimensions: Overall (.41a–c): 8 × 6 3/4 × 4 1/8 in. (20.3 × 17.1 × 10.5 cm);
Overall (.42a–c): 8 × 6 3/4 × 4 3/8 in. (20.3 × 17.1 × 11.1 cm) - Classification: Metalwork-Silver
- Credit Line: Gift of George D. Widener and Mrs. Eleanor Widener Dixon, 1958
- Object Number: 58.7.41a–c, .42a–c
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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