London, 1742, bombe form tureen with wrapped reeded border, large lion and paw feet, applied Rococo cartouche with shell and scroll decoration and crest under earl's coronet, scroll handles each chased with an open-beaked bird head, lid with matching Rococo decorations, loop handle with lion mask, marks for George Wickes, 145.90 oz. T., 9-1/2 x 17-1/2 x 9 in.; together with eagle head soup ladle, marks for George Wickes, London, 1743, engraved with double-headed eagle crest, the base of the bowl later stamped "Breadalbane" in script, 10.50 oz. T., 13-3/4 in.

Provenance: Joseph, 1st Earl of Milltown (1701-1783); Mrs. Nancie Otis, Boca Raton, Florida; Christie's New York, June 14, 1982, lot 127; Lord Harris of Peckham, sold, Christie's London, November 25, 2008, lot 39, sold for £78,050; The Jerold Krouse Collection

Note: The crest is that of Leeson for Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown. The Earl of Milltown's grandfather, Hugh Leeson, had come to Ireland in 1680 to pursue a military career. However, he settled there and made an advantageous marriage to the daughter of one of Dublin's leading aldermen and founded a successful brewery. His grandson, Joseph Leeson was born in 1711.

This tureen and its pair are recorded in the George Wickes Ledgers at the Victorian & Albert Museum.