MAKER'S MARK OF BENJAMIN SMITH, LONDON, 1818
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A pair of George III silver-gilt salvers
maker's mark of Benjamin Smith, London, 1818
Shaped-circular and on three lion's paw, shell and foliate scroll feet, with gadrooned, shell and foliate-scroll rims and chased with a broad band of shells, scrolls, fruit, foliage, scale-work and diaper-work, the centres each engraved with a coat-of-arms with Marquess' coronet above, each marked on reverse
18½in (77.5cm) diam.
206ozs. (6,425grs.)
The arms are those of Stuart for John, 2nd Marquess of Bute and 7th Earl of Dumfries, K.T. (1793-1848). (2)
maker's mark of Benjamin Smith, London, 1818
Shaped-circular and on three lion's paw, shell and foliate scroll feet, with gadrooned, shell and foliate-scroll rims and chased with a broad band of shells, scrolls, fruit, foliage, scale-work and diaper-work, the centres each engraved with a coat-of-arms with Marquess' coronet above, each marked on reverse
18½in (77.5cm) diam.
206ozs. (6,425grs.)
The arms are those of Stuart for John, 2nd Marquess of Bute and 7th Earl of Dumfries, K.T. (1793-1848). (2)
Provenance
Supplied to John, 2nd Marquess of Bute (1793-1848).