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A PAIR OF SILVER CASTERS
London, 1705, maker's mark probably that of Richard Watts
Plain pear-shaped and on spreading circular foot and with moulded rib, the domed covers picered with rosettes and foliage and with bell-shaped finial, each engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked on bases and one cover - 6¼in. (15.8cm.) high
17ozs. (557grs.)
The arms are those of Lowndes impaling Atcherley for Robert Lowndes of Dover Street, Westminster and of Winslow, Bucks (1680-1727) and his wife Margaret, daughter and heir of Richard Atcherley whom he married at St Stephen's, Wallbrook, on 24th June, 1703. She died on 18th April 1728 and was buried at Winslow. Robert Lowndes' father William (1652-1724) was secretary to the Treasury, and is remembered for the maxim, "Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves". It is not surprising therefore that he left a considerable fortune at his death. (2)
London, 1705, maker's mark probably that of Richard Watts
Plain pear-shaped and on spreading circular foot and with moulded rib, the domed covers picered with rosettes and foliage and with bell-shaped finial, each engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked on bases and one cover - 6¼in. (15.8cm.) high
17ozs. (557grs.)
The arms are those of Lowndes impaling Atcherley for Robert Lowndes of Dover Street, Westminster and of Winslow, Bucks (1680-1727) and his wife Margaret, daughter and heir of Richard Atcherley whom he married at St Stephen's, Wallbrook, on 24th June, 1703. She died on 18th April 1728 and was buried at Winslow. Robert Lowndes' father William (1652-1724) was secretary to the Treasury, and is remembered for the maxim, "Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves". It is not surprising therefore that he left a considerable fortune at his death. (2)