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A GEORGE III SILVER CHEESE DISH AND COVER
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A GEORGE III SILVER CHEESE DISH AND COVER

MARK OF WILLIAM BURWASH AND RICHARD SIBLEY, LONDON, 1810

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A GEORGE III SILVER CHEESE DISH AND COVER
MARK OF WILLIAM BURWASH AND RICHARD SIBLEY, LONDON, 1810
Oblong and with two turned ivory handles, with a gadrooned shell and foliage rim, the detachable cover with a gadrooned scroll handle, the base with hot water compartment, engraved on the cover with a coat-of-arms below a baron's coronet, the base with a crest below a baron's coronet, marked underneath, inside base, inside cover and on spout cover
12¾ in. (32 cm.) wide over handles
gross weight
The arms are those of Crewe for John, first Baron Crewe (1742-1829).
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Lot Essay

The title Baron Crewe was created in the Peerage of England in 1661 for John Crewe (1598-1679), who had been Member of Parliament for Amersham (1623-25), for Brackley (1626 & 1640-48), for Banbury (1628-29) and Northamptonshire (1640 & 1654-55). On the death of the third Baron in 1721, the barony became extinct.

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