拍品 297
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A GEORGE III SILVER SALVER
A GEORGE III SILVER SALVER

MAKER'S MARK OF JAMES YOUNG, LONDON, 1785, ALSO STRUCK WITH DUTY DRAWBACK MARK

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A GEORGE III SILVER SALVER
Maker's mark of James Young, London, 1785, also struck with duty drawback mark
Circular, on four bracket feet, with beaded rim, the field engraved with bright-cut border centering a coat-of-arms beneath a Duke's coronet, marked on reverse
19½in. (49.5cm.) diameter; 79oz. (2470gr.)

拍品專文

The rare duty draw-back mark was struck on exported plate for only seven months, between the dates of December 1, 1784 and July 24, 1785 (see detail).

The arms are those of the Dukes of Montrose.