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It is possible that the crest relates to the Penningtons, Barons Muncaster from whom the present Montgomerys are descended via a female line.
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MAKER'S MARK RUBBED, PROBABLY I*B (GRIMWADE NO. 3617), TENTATIVELY ASCRIBED TO JAMES BAKER, LONDON, 1765
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A GEORGE III BALUSTER SILVER COFFEE POT
MAKER'S MARK RUBBED, PROBABLY I*B (GRIMWADE NO. 3617), TENTATIVELY ASCRIBED TO JAMES BAKER, LONDON, 1765
Gadroon borders, fluted acorn finial, the scalloped spout with beaded rat-tails, one side engraved with blackamoor crest within rococo cartouche
10½ in. (26.7 cm.) high
27.5 oz. (852 gr.)
The crest recorded in 1905 is that for Bertie, Buxhull, Churchill; Freshacre, Geering, Muncaster, Pres(t)land, Varty, and Willoughby.
MAKER'S MARK RUBBED, PROBABLY I*B (GRIMWADE NO. 3617), TENTATIVELY ASCRIBED TO JAMES BAKER, LONDON, 1765
Gadroon borders, fluted acorn finial, the scalloped spout with beaded rat-tails, one side engraved with blackamoor crest within rococo cartouche
10½ in. (26.7 cm.) high
27.5 oz. (852 gr.)
The crest recorded in 1905 is that for Bertie, Buxhull, Churchill; Freshacre, Geering, Muncaster, Pres(t)land, Varty, and Willoughby.
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