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A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER SAUCE BOATS
maker's mark of Elizabeth Hartley, London, 1748
Shaped-oval and on three shell and scroll feet, and with leaf-capped flying scroll handle and shaped rim, chased with shells, scrolls, foliage and two shaped-oval cartouches, one later with a crest, marked on undersides, later engraved with numbers - 12¼in. (20.8cm.) long
25ozs.(765grs.)
The crest is that of Guinness (2)
maker's mark of Elizabeth Hartley, London, 1748
Shaped-oval and on three shell and scroll feet, and with leaf-capped flying scroll handle and shaped rim, chased with shells, scrolls, foliage and two shaped-oval cartouches, one later with a crest, marked on undersides, later engraved with numbers - 12¼in. (20.8cm.) long
25ozs.(765grs.)
The crest is that of Guinness (2)
Provenance
Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh, (1847-1927) and thence by descent to his second son,
Arthur Ernest Guinness, D.L., J.P. (1876-1949) and thence by to his eldest daughter
Aileen Sybil Mary Plunkett
Luttrellstown Castle, Christie's House Sale, 26 September 1983, lot 729
Arthur Ernest Guinness, D.L., J.P. (1876-1949) and thence by to his eldest daughter
Aileen Sybil Mary Plunkett
Luttrellstown Castle, Christie's House Sale, 26 September 1983, lot 729