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MARK OF GEORGE SMITH AND WILLIAM FEARN, THOMAS NORTHCOTE AND WILLIAM SUMNER, LONDON, 1789
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A ROYAL AMBASSADORIAL GEORGE III SILVER TABLE-SERVICE
MARK OF GEORGE SMITH AND WILLIAM FEARN, THOMAS NORTHCOTE AND WILLIAM SUMNER, LONDON, 1789
Old English Thread, pattern, engraved with the Royal crest within the Garter motto and below the Royal crown, comprising:
Twelve table-spoons, two 1805
Twelve table-forks
Four basting-spoons
Six Fiddle-pattern tea-spoons, two 1806, maker's MS
76 oz. (2,352 gr.) (34)
MARK OF GEORGE SMITH AND WILLIAM FEARN, THOMAS NORTHCOTE AND WILLIAM SUMNER, LONDON, 1789
Old English Thread, pattern, engraved with the Royal crest within the Garter motto and below the Royal crown, comprising:
Twelve table-spoons, two 1805
Twelve table-forks
Four basting-spoons
Six Fiddle-pattern tea-spoons, two 1806, maker's MS
76 oz. (2,352 gr.) (34)
Provenance
Almost certainly supplied to Alleyne FitzHerbert, later 1st Baron St. Helens (1753-1839) as Ambassador to The Hague (1789-1790) or Madrid (1790-1794) and by descent.
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