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Paul de Lamerie

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Cup and Cover, Marked by Paul de Lamerie, England (London), 1736-7 V&A Museum no. 819-1890[1]
Square waiter with marks of de Lamerie, London 1732. Arms of Fane impaling Stanhope

Paul de Lamerie (1688 - 1751) was the best-known English silversmith of his generation. Though his mark raises the market value of silver, his output was large and not all his pieces are outstanding. Lamerie's Huguenot parents had left France following the Edict of Fontainebleau (1685). They initially settled in the United Provinces, where Paul was born, moving to London in 1691. Lamerie is notable for working in the Rococo style from the 1730s.

Lamerie's maker's mark for 1732 on underside of a Britannia gauge waiter. (Marks of the square waiter shown above).

He opened his shop in 1712 and was appointed goldsmith to George I in 1716.

References

  1. ^ "Cup and Cover". Metalwork. Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 2007-12-09.
  • P.A.S. Phillips, Paul de Lamerie, London 1935.
  • John F. Hayward, Huguenot Silver in England, 1688—1727. London 1959.
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