JEREMIAH MEYER (ANGLO-GERMAN, 1735-1789)

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PROPERTY FROM A WELSH PRIVATE COLLECTION

Details

JEREMIAH MEYER (ANGLO-GERMAN, 1735-1789)
Philip Puleston (1742-1776), in the uniform of an infantry officer, in gold-trimmed scarlet coat with green facings, green waistcoat with gold frogging, frilled white lace cravat, powdered wig worn en queue
on ivory
oval, 1 3/8 in. (35 mm.) high, gilt-metal bracelet clasp frame, the reverse engraved 'Philip Puleston Esq^r^e.. of Havod-y-wern Co. Denbigh. b: 1742. d:1776'

Provenance

By direct family descent.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Philip Puleston, chamberlain of North Wales, married, in 1764, Mary Davies, heiress of the Gwysaney estate in Denbighshire, North Wales. They had a daughter, Frances, who married, in 1786, Bryan Cooke of Ouston, South Yorkshire, colonel of the 3rd West Militia and MP for Malton.

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