Lot Essay
The arms are those of Baillie.
Scottish-born Richard Baillie joined a group of Presbyterian exiles in the Netherlands following the execution of his father in 1684. Robert Baillie was found guilty of high treason for the Rye House plot and the family's estates at Jerviswood were confiscated. George Baillie returned to England in 1689 with the Prince of Orange's expedition, narrowly escaping shipwreck en route. In time, the Jerviswood estates were restored to Baillie and he served in the Scottish and later British parliaments, reluctantly supporting Scotland's union with England. Among other positions, he served as Lord of the Admiralty from 1714-1717.
The Baillie collection of silver, exhibited at the Royal Museum of Scotland and published in Burlington Magazine in 1939, was characterized by the prevailing taste for plain forms of the early 18th century. The silver was produced by some of the best Huguenot craftsmen, including Pierre Harache, David Willaume and Paul de Lamerie. Other silver with Baillie's arms was supplied by Scottish silversmiths Thomas Ker, James Sympsone and Colin M'Kenzie.
Caption: George Baillie, of Jerviswood (1664-1738), by William Aikman, 1717, Courtesy John George Baillie-Hamilton, 13th Earl of Haddington, Mellerstain House
Scottish-born Richard Baillie joined a group of Presbyterian exiles in the Netherlands following the execution of his father in 1684. Robert Baillie was found guilty of high treason for the Rye House plot and the family's estates at Jerviswood were confiscated. George Baillie returned to England in 1689 with the Prince of Orange's expedition, narrowly escaping shipwreck en route. In time, the Jerviswood estates were restored to Baillie and he served in the Scottish and later British parliaments, reluctantly supporting Scotland's union with England. Among other positions, he served as Lord of the Admiralty from 1714-1717.
The Baillie collection of silver, exhibited at the Royal Museum of Scotland and published in Burlington Magazine in 1939, was characterized by the prevailing taste for plain forms of the early 18th century. The silver was produced by some of the best Huguenot craftsmen, including Pierre Harache, David Willaume and Paul de Lamerie. Other silver with Baillie's arms was supplied by Scottish silversmiths Thomas Ker, James Sympsone and Colin M'Kenzie.
Caption: George Baillie, of Jerviswood (1664-1738), by William Aikman, 1717, Courtesy John George Baillie-Hamilton, 13th Earl of Haddington, Mellerstain House