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MARK OF EDWARD WAKELIN, LONDON, 1755
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A SET OF FOUR GEORGE II SILVER SALT-CELLARS
MARK OF EDWARD WAKELIN, LONDON, 1755
Each on spreading circular foot with egg-and-dart border, the body applied with acanthus leaves, engraved with a crest below an earl's coronet, the interiors gilt, marked underneath, further engraved underneath with scratch weights '9=7'; '9=14'; ' 9=1' and '9=8'
3 ½ in. (9 cm.) diam.
36 oz. 11 dwt. (1,138 gr.)
The crest is that of Ashburnham for John, 2nd Earl of Ashburnham ( 1724-1812). He married Elizabeth (d.1781), daughter and co-heir of John Crowley of Barking, Surrey, in 1756. He was keeper of both St. James's and Hyde Park and was appointed first lord of the bedchamber and groom of the stole to King George III.
MARK OF EDWARD WAKELIN, LONDON, 1755
Each on spreading circular foot with egg-and-dart border, the body applied with acanthus leaves, engraved with a crest below an earl's coronet, the interiors gilt, marked underneath, further engraved underneath with scratch weights '9=7'; '9=14'; ' 9=1' and '9=8'
3 ½ in. (9 cm.) diam.
36 oz. 11 dwt. (1,138 gr.)
The crest is that of Ashburnham for John, 2nd Earl of Ashburnham ( 1724-1812). He married Elizabeth (d.1781), daughter and co-heir of John Crowley of Barking, Surrey, in 1756. He was keeper of both St. James's and Hyde Park and was appointed first lord of the bedchamber and groom of the stole to King George III.
Provenance
John, 2nd Earl of Ashburnham ( 1724-1812) and then by descent to
Bertram Ashburnham, 5th Earl of Ashburnham (1840-1913), then by descent to his daughter,
Lady Catherine Ashburnham (1890-1953),
The Trustees of the Ashburnham Settled Estates and the Executors of Lady Catherin Ashburnham; Sotheby's, London, 28 May 1953, lot 156, part (£360).
Bertram Ashburnham, 5th Earl of Ashburnham (1840-1913), then by descent to his daughter,
Lady Catherine Ashburnham (1890-1953),
The Trustees of the Ashburnham Settled Estates and the Executors of Lady Catherin Ashburnham; Sotheby's, London, 28 May 1953, lot 156, part (£360).
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