A QUEEN ANNE SILVER-GILT GORGET
Mark of Louis Cuny, London, circa 1705
The gorget engraved with a coat-of-arms and crest within an embossed laurel cartouche, with matte ground and embossed acanthus leaf at the corners, marked on reverse
5¾in. (14.5cm.) wide; 5oz. 10dwt. (182gr.)
Lot Essay
The arms are those of Thomas Cotton of Combermere (d. 1745). In 1689 he married Philadelphia, daughter of Sir Thomas Lynch of Esher, Surrey, who succeeded his father as 2nd baronet in 1712.
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