MARK OF DANIEL SMITH AND ROBERT SHARP, LONDON, 1792

Details

A set of four George III silver-gilt entrée-dishes and covers
Mark of Daniel Smith and Robert Sharp, London, 1792
Each cushion-shaped with conforming covers, the dishes with berried foliage borders, the domed covers chased with radiating leaves and with detachable coronet finials, each later engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked on dishes, covers, and finials
10½in. (26.5cm.) long
194oz. (6,049gr.) (4)

Provenance

Almost certainly supplied to Christian Frederick Charles Alexander, Margrave of Bradenburgh and Ansbachb (d.1828), following his marriage to Elizabeth, widow of William, 6th Earl Craven, in 1791
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's London, 24 July 1980, lot 5.

Literature

The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, London, 1989, no. 108, p. 146, illustrated

Exhibited

London, Christie's, The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, 1989, no. 108

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The crown finial is identical to that engraved above the arms on a set of four silver-gilt wine coasters, also hallmarked in 1792, which were sold in the Houghton sale, Christie's London, 8 December 1994, lot 96. These entrée-dishes would have formed part of the plate collection which the Margrave commissioned following his marriage in 1791. The later arms almost certainly date from around 1830; the Steede family having acquired the dishes after Margrave's death in 1828.

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