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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 211-213)
A GEORGE III SILVER TWO-HANDLED TRAY
MARK OF WILLIAM FOUNTAIN, LONDON, 1808
Details
A GEORGE III SILVER TWO-HANDLED TRAY
MARK OF WILLIAM FOUNTAIN, LONDON, 1808
Oval with gadrooned rim and leaf-capped handles, engraved with a later crest and motto, marked underneath
27 ½ in. (70 cm.) long
109 oz. 3 dwt. (3,396 gr.)
The crest is that of Sidebotham, almost certainly for Joseph Sidebotham J.P., F.S.A. (1824-1882) of Erlesdene, Bowden, Manchester, M.P. for Hyde from 1886. The same crest and motto appears in an heraldic stained glass window in his memory at St. Anne's Church, Haughton.
MARK OF WILLIAM FOUNTAIN, LONDON, 1808
Oval with gadrooned rim and leaf-capped handles, engraved with a later crest and motto, marked underneath
27 ½ in. (70 cm.) long
109 oz. 3 dwt. (3,396 gr.)
The crest is that of Sidebotham, almost certainly for Joseph Sidebotham J.P., F.S.A. (1824-1882) of Erlesdene, Bowden, Manchester, M.P. for Hyde from 1886. The same crest and motto appears in an heraldic stained glass window in his memory at St. Anne's Church, Haughton.
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 18 June 2014, lot 114.