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A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER COVERED SAUCE TUREENS
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER COVERED SAUCE TUREENS

MARK OF WAKELIN AND TAYLOR, LONDON, 1783

Closed27 November 2012

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GBP 2,250

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER COVERED SAUCE TUREENS
MARK OF WAKELIN AND TAYLOR, LONDON, 1783
Oval boat shape on pedestal foot, with ribbed loop handles, engraved to front with neo-classical coat of arms, domed covers crested and with ball finials, each engraved with scratch-weight and number in set, No. 1, 22=7 and No.3, 23=0
8½ in. long (22 cm.)
44 oz. (1386 gm.) (2)

Specialist note

The arms are for Bennett quartering Leigh, with Horne in pretence for marriage of the Revd. Thomas Leigh Bennett of Thorpe Place, Chertsey, Surrey to Grace Horne. Bennett's father, John Bennett, an eminent Norfolk lawyer, was hanged for high treason in 1722, charged with planning to seize the Tower of London.