Lot Essay
The arms are those of Wiltshire of Stone, Kent with those of another on an escutcheon of pretence.
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A GEORGE III SILVER TEA TRAY
MAKER'S MARK OF TIMOTHY RENOU, LONDON, 1799
Oval, with gadrooned rims and upswept open handles issuing from acanthus leaves, bright-cut engraved with a border of trailing flowers and paterae and a band of anthemion, engraved with the lozenge-of-arms of a lady against ermine mantling, marked on reverse--length over handles 27in. (68.6cm.)
(115oz., 3582gr.)
MAKER'S MARK OF TIMOTHY RENOU, LONDON, 1799
Oval, with gadrooned rims and upswept open handles issuing from acanthus leaves, bright-cut engraved with a border of trailing flowers and paterae and a band of anthemion, engraved with the lozenge-of-arms of a lady against ermine mantling, marked on reverse--length over handles 27in. (68.6cm.)
(115oz., 3582gr.)