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MARK OF PETER ARCHAMBO, LONDON, 1734
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A GEORGE II SILVER KETTLE, STAND AND LAMP ON SALVER
MARK OF PETER ARCHAMBO, LONDON, 1734
The kettle lobed and with scalework and cast spout and overhear part raffia covered handle, the stand with openwork foliage scroll and bust apron and a conforming lamp with cover, on triangular salver, the stand and lamp engraved with a crest, the kettle with a coat-of-arms, marked under kettle, on cover and under stand, the kettle with scratchweight '45-15'
13 1/2 in. (34.2 cm.) high
gross weight 90 oz. 8 dwt. (2,812 gr.)
The arms are those of Milles impaling Warner, for Christopher Milles (d.1742), of Nackington, co. Kent, and his wife Mary (d.1781), daughter of Richard Warner of North Elmham, co. Norfolk.
MARK OF PETER ARCHAMBO, LONDON, 1734
The kettle lobed and with scalework and cast spout and overhear part raffia covered handle, the stand with openwork foliage scroll and bust apron and a conforming lamp with cover, on triangular salver, the stand and lamp engraved with a crest, the kettle with a coat-of-arms, marked under kettle, on cover and under stand, the kettle with scratchweight '45-15'
13 1/2 in. (34.2 cm.) high
gross weight 90 oz. 8 dwt. (2,812 gr.)
The arms are those of Milles impaling Warner, for Christopher Milles (d.1742), of Nackington, co. Kent, and his wife Mary (d.1781), daughter of Richard Warner of North Elmham, co. Norfolk.
Provenance
Christopher Milles (d.1742), of Nackington, co. Kent, bequeathed in his will to his wife
Mary Milles (d.1781), daughter of Richard Warner of North Elmham, co. Norfolk, presumably then by descent to their son
Richard Milles M.P. (b.c.1735-1820), then by descent to his grandson
Lewis Richard, 3rd Baron Sondes (1792-1834), the eldest son of Richard Milles' daugher Mary Elizabeth Milles (1767–1818), who married Hon. Lewis Thomas Watson (1754-1806), later 2nd Baron Sondes, in 1785, then by descent to the 3rd Baron Sondes' younger brother
George John, 4th Baron Sondes (1794-1874), then by descent, presumably to his great-grandson
George Henry, 4th Earl Sondes (1914-1970)
A Gentleman [G. Jetley]; Christie's, London, 14 June 1957, lot 164 (From the Collection of the Earl of [sic.] Sondes).
Mary Milles (d.1781), daughter of Richard Warner of North Elmham, co. Norfolk, presumably then by descent to their son
Richard Milles M.P. (b.c.1735-1820), then by descent to his grandson
Lewis Richard, 3rd Baron Sondes (1792-1834), the eldest son of Richard Milles' daugher Mary Elizabeth Milles (1767–1818), who married Hon. Lewis Thomas Watson (1754-1806), later 2nd Baron Sondes, in 1785, then by descent to the 3rd Baron Sondes' younger brother
George John, 4th Baron Sondes (1794-1874), then by descent, presumably to his great-grandson
George Henry, 4th Earl Sondes (1914-1970)
A Gentleman [G. Jetley]; Christie's, London, 14 June 1957, lot 164 (From the Collection of the Earl of [sic.] Sondes).
Literature
The will of Christopher Milles, Public Record Mss. PROB 11/724/537, 'I devise unto by dear wife the sum of fifty pounds to be paid her within three months after my decease. I give her all her jewells [sic.] repeating watch and seal and my enameled [sic.] picture set in gold, the silver tea kettle lamp and stand '.
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