MAKER'S MARK OF BENJAMIN SMITH, LONDON, 1818
Details
A George III silver-gilt salver and a pair of matching smaller salvers
maker's mark of Benjamin Smith, London, 1818
Shaped-circular and each on three shell, foliage and lion's paw feet, with shell, foliate-scroll and gadrooned border, each engraved with a coat-of-arms with a Marquess' coronet above, marked on bases
10½in. (26.5cm.) wide
9½in. (24cm.) wide
74ozs. (2,312grs.)
The arms are those of Stuart for John, 2nd Marquess of Bute and 7th Earl of Dumfries, K.T. (1793-1848). (3)
maker's mark of Benjamin Smith, London, 1818
Shaped-circular and each on three shell, foliage and lion's paw feet, with shell, foliate-scroll and gadrooned border, each engraved with a coat-of-arms with a Marquess' coronet above, marked on bases
10½in. (26.5cm.) wide
9½in. (24cm.) wide
74ozs. (2,312grs.)
The arms are those of Stuart for John, 2nd Marquess of Bute and 7th Earl of Dumfries, K.T. (1793-1848). (3)
Provenance
Supplied to John, 2nd Marquess of Bute (1793-1848).