Lot Essay
The design for this model was first introduced by John Wakelin and William Taylor circa 1787 remaining popular throughout the 1790s.
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MARK OF JOHN WAKELIN AND ROBERT GARRARD, LONDON, 1795
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A GEORGE III SILVER BASKET AND STAND
MARK OF JOHN WAKELIN AND ROBERT GARRARD, LONDON, 1795
Oval, the stand and basket each on four acanthus bud feet, the sides pierced with flutes and applied with husks, applied twice with a circular ribbon-tied cartouche engraved with a coat-of-arms, the basket with ram's mask drop-ring handles, with glass liner, marked underneath the stand and basket
the stand 15 ¼ in. (38.6 cm.) long
85 oz. 11 dwt. (2,662 gr.)
The arms are those of Isted impaling Percy, for Samuel Isted (1750-1827) of Ecton, co. Northampton, and his wife Barbara, daughter and eventual heir of Thomas Percy, Bishop of Dromore, whom he married at St. George's Hanover Square, London, in 1795.
MARK OF JOHN WAKELIN AND ROBERT GARRARD, LONDON, 1795
Oval, the stand and basket each on four acanthus bud feet, the sides pierced with flutes and applied with husks, applied twice with a circular ribbon-tied cartouche engraved with a coat-of-arms, the basket with ram's mask drop-ring handles, with glass liner, marked underneath the stand and basket
the stand 15 ¼ in. (38.6 cm.) long
85 oz. 11 dwt. (2,662 gr.)
The arms are those of Isted impaling Percy, for Samuel Isted (1750-1827) of Ecton, co. Northampton, and his wife Barbara, daughter and eventual heir of Thomas Percy, Bishop of Dromore, whom he married at St. George's Hanover Square, London, in 1795.
Provenance
Samuel Isted (1750-1827) of Ecton, co. Northampton.
with M. P. Levene Limited, London.
with M. P. Levene Limited, London.
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