THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A GEORGE III SILVER TRAY
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A GEORGE III SILVER TRAY
MAKER'S MARK OF WILLIAM BRUCE, LONDON, 1810
Oblong and on four vine and scroll feet and with gadrooned, vine, shell and anthemion borders, with vine handles, the sides cast and chased with shells and vines, the centre engraved with a coat-of-arms and presentation inscription, marked on reverse
29¼in. (74.5cm.) long
214ozs. (6,668grs.)
The arms are those of Cochrane for The Hon. Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane
The inscription reads 'THIS PLATE WAS PRESENTED To The Honble. Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane KNIGHT OF THE HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH, BY THE INSURANCE ASSOCIATIONS OF BARBADOES, In testimony of their esteem, & as an acknowledgement as well of his many & meritorious Services during his Command on the West Indies Station, as of their sense of his Gallant Conduct in the Naval Engagement off St. Domingo, when in Northumberland of 74 Guns, he allied himself alongside of the French ship Imperial of 120 guns, & after an action long & bravely maintained on both sides, forced the Imperial to retire from the fire of the Northumberland upon the adjacent Rocks of St. Domingo, where she was totally destroyed.
MAKER'S MARK OF WILLIAM BRUCE, LONDON, 1810
Oblong and on four vine and scroll feet and with gadrooned, vine, shell and anthemion borders, with vine handles, the sides cast and chased with shells and vines, the centre engraved with a coat-of-arms and presentation inscription, marked on reverse
29¼in. (74.5cm.) long
214ozs. (6,668grs.)
The arms are those of Cochrane for The Hon. Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane
The inscription reads 'THIS PLATE WAS PRESENTED To The Honble. Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane KNIGHT OF THE HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH, BY THE INSURANCE ASSOCIATIONS OF BARBADOES, In testimony of their esteem, & as an acknowledgement as well of his many & meritorious Services during his Command on the West Indies Station, as of their sense of his Gallant Conduct in the Naval Engagement off St. Domingo, when in Northumberland of 74 Guns, he allied himself alongside of the French ship Imperial of 120 guns, & after an action long & bravely maintained on both sides, forced the Imperial to retire from the fire of the Northumberland upon the adjacent Rocks of St. Domingo, where she was totally destroyed.