A SET OF FOUR WILLIAM IV SILVER ENTREE-DISHES AND A PAIR OF COVERS EN SUITE
A SET OF FOUR WILLIAM IV SILVER ENTREE-DISHES AND A PAIR OF COVERS EN SUITE

MARK OF ROBERT GARRARD, LONDON, 1834

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A SET OF FOUR WILLIAM IV SILVER ENTREE-DISHES AND A PAIR OF COVERS EN SUITE
MARK OF ROBERT GARRARD, LONDON, 1834
Shaped circular and with gadrooned borders, the covers with artichoke cast finials and engraved with a coat-of-arms, the dishes with two crests, marked on dish, cover and finial, the dishes stamped 'Garrard Panton Street London'
the dishes 11 ¼ in. (28.5 cm.) diam.
196 oz. 8 dwt. (6,110 gr.)
The arms are those of Bruce quartering Brudenell, with a crescent of difference for the second son, impaling Beresford quartering Horsley, for Lord Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce (1811-1878), later 3rd Marquess of Ailesbury, and his wife the Hon. Louisa Elizabeth (d.1891), daughter of John Horsley-Beresford, 2nd Baron Decies (1773–1855), whom he married in 1834. He succeeded his brother, George, 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury in 1878.
Provenance
Lord Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce (1811-1878, later 3rd Marquess of Ailesbury, then by descent to George Brudenell-Bruce. 6th Marquess of Ailesbury (1873-1961).
The Most Hon. The Marquis of Ailesbury, Christie's, London, 15 November 1944, lot 61, removed from Savershake Forest, Marlborough, Wiltshire.

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