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MARK OF THOMAS HEMING, LONDON, 1767
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A George III silver cake-basket
Mark of Thomas Heming, London, 1767
Shaped oval, on four acanthus and scroll feet with putto mask and rocaille terminals, the sides elaborately pierced with diaperwork, scrolls and shells, with a cast and chased shell and foliate scroll border, a mask at either end within a rocaille cartouche, the field chased with a broad band of scrolling foliage and flowers, the centre engraved with a coat-of-arms within ribbon-tied foliate mantling, the swing handle chased with fishscales and scrolls, and engraved with two crests, with foliate scroll caryatid terminals, marked on side and handle, the base also engraved with scratchweight 49=16
13½in. (34.3cm.) long
47oz. (1,485gr.)
The arms are those of Pawson impaling Trotter for William Pawson Esq. (1780-1854) and his wife Mary Anne, daughter of Rev. William Trotter of Morpeth, whom he married in 1817. William Pawson was High Sheriff of Nothumberland in 1826.
Mark of Thomas Heming, London, 1767
Shaped oval, on four acanthus and scroll feet with putto mask and rocaille terminals, the sides elaborately pierced with diaperwork, scrolls and shells, with a cast and chased shell and foliate scroll border, a mask at either end within a rocaille cartouche, the field chased with a broad band of scrolling foliage and flowers, the centre engraved with a coat-of-arms within ribbon-tied foliate mantling, the swing handle chased with fishscales and scrolls, and engraved with two crests, with foliate scroll caryatid terminals, marked on side and handle, the base also engraved with scratchweight 49=16
13½in. (34.3cm.) long
47oz. (1,485gr.)
The arms are those of Pawson impaling Trotter for William Pawson Esq. (1780-1854) and his wife Mary Anne, daughter of Rev. William Trotter of Morpeth, whom he married in 1817. William Pawson was High Sheriff of Nothumberland in 1826.
Provenance
Cora, Countess of Strafford (d.1932), second wife of Henry, 4th Earl of Strafford (1831-1899)
Cora, Countess of Strafford, 30 Grosvenor Square (+); Christie's London, 5 May 1937, lot 65 (£œ16 to Vander)
Cora, Countess of Strafford, 30 Grosvenor Square (+); Christie's London, 5 May 1937, lot 65 (£œ16 to Vander)
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