Lot Essay
The present lot was originally a set of four, en suite to a pair of 11-inch salvers with the same decoration, also marked for 1735.
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MARK OF ROBERT ABERCROMBIE, LONDON, 1735
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A SET OF THREE GEORGE II WAITERS
MARK OF ROBERT ABERCROMBIE, LONDON, 1735
Each shaped circular and on three hoof feet, chased with a band of foliate scrolls, strap work and masks, later engraved with a crest with Garter motto beneath marquess' coronet, marked underneath, engraved inventory number '2' and scratchweights, '8-15'; '8-13-12' and '8-11'
6.1/2 in. (16.6 cm.) diam.
22 oz. 14 dwt. (706 gr.)
The crest is that of Stewart, probably for Charles, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry K.G. (1778-1854).
MARK OF ROBERT ABERCROMBIE, LONDON, 1735
Each shaped circular and on three hoof feet, chased with a band of foliate scrolls, strap work and masks, later engraved with a crest with Garter motto beneath marquess' coronet, marked underneath, engraved inventory number '2' and scratchweights, '8-15'; '8-13-12' and '8-11'
6.1/2 in. (16.6 cm.) diam.
22 oz. 14 dwt. (706 gr.)
The crest is that of Stewart, probably for Charles, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry K.G. (1778-1854).
Provenance
Possibly the Tempests of Wynyard Park, County Durham, and by descent to the Marquesses of Londonderry.
Literature
Inventory of Londonderry Plate at Garrard & Co., 1923, p. 45.
Wynyard Park inventory of silver and plate, 1949, p. 7.
One waiter: Wynyard Park, inventory, 1956, p. 167.
One waiter: Wynyard Park, inventory, 1965, p. 156.
Wynyard Park inventory of silver and plate, 1949, p. 7.
One waiter: Wynyard Park, inventory, 1956, p. 167.
One waiter: Wynyard Park, inventory, 1965, p. 156.
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