A GEORGE IV SILVER TEA TRAY AND A PAIR OF MATCHING SALVERS

MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN MEWBURN, LONDON, 1826

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A GEORGE IV SILVER TEA TRAY AND A PAIR OF MATCHING SALVERS
Maker's mark of John Mewburn, London, 1826
The larger one oval on four gadrooned and scroll feet, with gadrooned rim and side handle, the center engraved with a coat-of-arms and motto; the smaller trays circular, engraved with the same coat-of-arms, marked on reverses
The oval tray 26in. (67.8cm.) long over handles, the smaller ones 10in. (26cm.) diameter; 158oz. 10dwt. (4941gr.) (3)

Lot Essay

The arms are those of De Grey impaling North, as borne by the Barons Walsingham, with a crescent for difference, probably for Brownlow North Osborn De Grey (1808-1868), the second surviving son of the 4th Baron Walshingham