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MARK OF DIGBY SCOTT AND BENJAMIN SMITH, LONDON, 1804, FOR RUNDELL, BRIDGE AND RUNDELL
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A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER ENTRÉE DISHES AND COVERS FROM THE GRANVILLE AMBASSADORIAL SERVICE
MARK OF DIGBY SCOTT AND BENJAMIN SMITH, LONDON, 1804, FOR RUNDELL, BRIDGE AND RUNDELL
The dishes circular and with a fruiting grapevine and ribbon-tied reeded rim, with two drop ring handles, the domed cover with a detachable crest finial, each marked near rim, inside covers and on finials
9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm.) diam.
214 oz. (6,653 gr.)
The Royal arms are those of King George III.
The second arms are those of Gower quartering Leveson, for Granville Leveson Gower (1773-1846). (4)
MARK OF DIGBY SCOTT AND BENJAMIN SMITH, LONDON, 1804, FOR RUNDELL, BRIDGE AND RUNDELL
The dishes circular and with a fruiting grapevine and ribbon-tied reeded rim, with two drop ring handles, the domed cover with a detachable crest finial, each marked near rim, inside covers and on finials
9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm.) diam.
214 oz. (6,653 gr.)
The Royal arms are those of King George III.
The second arms are those of Gower quartering Leveson, for Granville Leveson Gower (1773-1846). (4)
Provenance
Part of the Ambassadorial plate of Granville Leveson-Gower Lord Granville on his appointment as Ambassador to the Russian Imperial court at St. Petersburg in 1804, then by descent to
The Rt. Hon. the Earl Granville, MC, Sotheby's London, 2 June 1977, lot 72
The Rt. Hon. the Earl Granville, MC, Sotheby's London, 2 June 1977, lot 72
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