MARK OF BENJAMIN SMITH, LONDON, 1808

Details

A FINE GEORGE III SILVER MIRROR PLATEAU
Mark of Benjamin Smith, London, 1808
Oval, in three sections, on fourteen paw feet, with gadrooned borders, applied to each side with and Earl's armorials within drapery mantling, marked on each frame, feet and applied armorials, the frame stamped RUNDELL BRIDGE ET RUNDELL AURIFICES REGIS PRINCIPIS WALLAE LONDINI FECERUNT
61in. (155cm.) long

Provenance

The Property of a Lady of Title, Christie's, London, July 8, 1931, lot 73

Lot Essay

The armorials are those of John, 4th Earl of Darnley (1767-1831) who unsuccessfully claimed the Dukedom of Lennox. Described in Sketches of Irish Political Character (1799) as "an amiable temper and disposition" he married Elizabeth, daughter of the Rt. Hon. William Brownlow, of Lurgan, Co. Armagh. An extensive collection of his silver, with numerous pieces bearing the arms of the 3rd and 4th Earls of Darnley, sold at Christie's, London, July 8, 1931, lots 1-74.

John, 4th Earl of Darnley, by Thomas Gainsborough, Courtesy Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington

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