THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A pair of George III silver vegetable dishes, covers and liners
MAKER'S MARK OF RICHARD COOKE, LONDON, THE DISHES AND LINERS 1804, THE COVERS 1805
Details
A pair of George III silver vegetable dishes, covers and liners
maker's mark of Richard Cooke, London, the dishes and liners 1804, the covers 1805
Cylindrical and with two hinged drop-ring side handles, with reeded ribbon-tied berried foliage border, detachable domed covers and detachable acanthus leaf and reeded ring handles, the detachable plain liners each engraved with a crest beneath Viscount's coronet, the bodies and covers engraved twice with a coat-of-arms beneath Earl's coronet, marked on bodies, liners, covers and side handles, the cover handles unmarked
7¼in. (18.2cm) high
145ozs. (4,527grs.)
The arms are those of Lowther for William, 1st Earl of Lonsdale, K.G. (1757-1844).
maker's mark of Richard Cooke, London, the dishes and liners 1804, the covers 1805
Cylindrical and with two hinged drop-ring side handles, with reeded ribbon-tied berried foliage border, detachable domed covers and detachable acanthus leaf and reeded ring handles, the detachable plain liners each engraved with a crest beneath Viscount's coronet, the bodies and covers engraved twice with a coat-of-arms beneath Earl's coronet, marked on bodies, liners, covers and side handles, the cover handles unmarked
7¼in. (18.2cm) high
145ozs. (4,527grs.)
The arms are those of Lowther for William, 1st Earl of Lonsdale, K.G. (1757-1844).
Provenance
William, 1st Earl of Lonsdale K.G., (1757-1844) and thence by descent to The Right Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale, sold in these rooms, 19 February 1947, lot 53.