Details
A QUEEN ANNE SILVER SNUFFER TRAY AND A PAIR OF LATER SNUFFERS
THJE SNUFFER TRAY WITH MAKER'S MARK OF LEWIS METTAYER, LONDON, 1708, THE SNUFFERS UNMARKED, CIRCA 1708
THE OCTAGONAL SNUFFER TRAY ON FOUR STUD FEET, WITH MOULDED BORDERS AND SHAPED HANDLE WITH SCROLL SUPPORTS, ENGRAVED WITH A COAT-OF-ARMS WITHIN SCROLL AND SCALEWORK CARTOUCHE, THE SNUFFERS LATER ENGRAVED WITH A COAT-OF-ARMS, THE SNUFFERS MARKED ON REVERSE AND WITH SCRATCH WEIGHT 10=3, THE SNUFFERS, WITH SCRATCH WEIGHT 3.11 - THE SNUFFER TRAY 7IN. (18CM.) LONG, THE SNUFFERS 5¾IN. (14CM.) LONG
GROSS 13OZS. (413GRS.)
THE ARMS ON THE SNUFFER TRAY ARE THOSE OF BOOTH, FOR GEORGE, 2ND EARL OF WARRINGTON
THE ARMS ON THE SNUFFERS ARE THOSE OF GREY QUARTERING BOOTH IMPALING BENTINCT FOR GEORGE HARRY, 4TH EARL OF STAMFORD (1737-1819) AND HIS WIFE LADY HENRIETTA CAVENDISH BENTINCT (1737-1827), DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM, 2ND DUKE OF PORTLAND (1709-1762), WHOM HE MARRIED IN 1763. GREY WAS LATER CREATED 1ST EARL OF WARRINGTON (2ND CREATION) IN 1796 (2)
THJE SNUFFER TRAY WITH MAKER'S MARK OF LEWIS METTAYER, LONDON, 1708, THE SNUFFERS UNMARKED, CIRCA 1708
THE OCTAGONAL SNUFFER TRAY ON FOUR STUD FEET, WITH MOULDED BORDERS AND SHAPED HANDLE WITH SCROLL SUPPORTS, ENGRAVED WITH A COAT-OF-ARMS WITHIN SCROLL AND SCALEWORK CARTOUCHE, THE SNUFFERS LATER ENGRAVED WITH A COAT-OF-ARMS, THE SNUFFERS MARKED ON REVERSE AND WITH SCRATCH WEIGHT 10=3, THE SNUFFERS, WITH SCRATCH WEIGHT 3.11 - THE SNUFFER TRAY 7IN. (18CM.) LONG, THE SNUFFERS 5¾IN. (14CM.) LONG
GROSS 13OZS. (413GRS.)
THE ARMS ON THE SNUFFER TRAY ARE THOSE OF BOOTH, FOR GEORGE, 2ND EARL OF WARRINGTON
THE ARMS ON THE SNUFFERS ARE THOSE OF GREY QUARTERING BOOTH IMPALING BENTINCT FOR GEORGE HARRY, 4TH EARL OF STAMFORD (1737-1819) AND HIS WIFE LADY HENRIETTA CAVENDISH BENTINCT (1737-1827), DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM, 2ND DUKE OF PORTLAND (1709-1762), WHOM HE MARRIED IN 1763. GREY WAS LATER CREATED 1ST EARL OF WARRINGTON (2ND CREATION) IN 1796 (2)
Provenance
GEORGE BOOTH, 2ND EARL OF WARRINGTON AND THEN BY DESCENT TO
CATHERINE, LADY GREY AND SIR JOHN FOLEY GREY BART., SOLD IN THESE ROOMS, 20 APRIL 1921, LOT 26 (#58 TO S H HARRIS)
ANONYMOUS SALE, CHRISTIE'S, 15 JULY 1947, LOT 118 (#62 TO LEWIS AND KAYE)
CATHERINE, LADY GREY AND SIR JOHN FOLEY GREY BART., SOLD IN THESE ROOMS, 20 APRIL 1921, LOT 26 (#58 TO S H HARRIS)
ANONYMOUS SALE, CHRISTIE'S, 15 JULY 1947, LOT 118 (#62 TO LEWIS AND KAYE)
Literature
GEORGE, 2ND EARL OF WARRINGTON, THE PARTICULARS OF MY PLATE AND ITS WEIGHT, 1750, P.17
CANDLESTICKS OZ DT
PLAIN SNUFFERS 3 11
SNUFFER PAN PLAIN 10 2
IN THE PARTICULARS OF PLATE AT LEAST 16 PAIRS OF SNUFFERS AND SNUFFER TRAYS ARE RECORDED
CANDLESTICKS OZ DT
PLAIN SNUFFERS 3 11
SNUFFER PAN PLAIN 10 2
IN THE PARTICULARS OF PLATE AT LEAST 16 PAIRS OF SNUFFERS AND SNUFFER TRAYS ARE RECORDED