A PAIR OF IMPORTANT GEORGE III SILVER SOUP TUREENS, COVERS AND LINERS

MAKER'S MARK OF DIGBY SCOTT AND BENJAMIN SMITH II, LONDON, 1806

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A PAIR OF IMPORTANT GEORGE III SILVER SOUP TUREENS, COVERS AND LINERS
Maker's mark of Digby Scott and Benjamin Smith II, London, 1806
Ensuite with the following lot; each oval on a pedestal foot chased with a band of water leaves, the body chased with scrolling paterae and grapevine against a matted ground and applied to both sides with a cast drapery mantle bearing a coat-of-arms, with two caduceus handles with Mercury-mask joins, with egg-and-dart rim, the cover with applied oak leaf and acorn wreath and grapevine finial, the removable liner with scroll tab handles, engraved with two crests, each marked on base, liner, cover, stamped RUNDELL BRIDGE ET RUNDELL AURIFICES REGIS ET PRINCIPIS WALLIAE LONDINI FECERUNT, also numbered 1-2
16in. (42cm.) long over handles; 416oz. 10dwt. (12954oz.)
Scott, Digby and Benjamin Smith II (2)

Provenance

Richard Fountayne Wilson of Melton Park, Yorkshire (1783-1847), then by descent to
Captain Frederick Montagu, sold Christie's, London, July 3, 1946, lot 59 (L460 to Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Co.)
J. Gibson Jarvie, sold Sotheby's, London, January 27, 1966, lot 151 (L3,300)
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, February 16, 1972, lot 118

Literature

Vanessa Brett, The Sotheby's Directory of Silver, 1600-1940, 1986, no. 1125, p. 250

Lot Essay

The arms are those of Richard Fountayne Wilson of Melton Park, Yorkshire (1783-1847), son of Richard Wilson of Rudding Hall, Yorkshire by Elizabeth, daughter and eventual heir of the Very Rev. John Fountayne, Dean of York by Anne, only daughter of Charles Montagu of Papplewick. Richard Fountayne Wilson served as M.P. for York, High Sheriff in 1807 and Colonel of the First West Yorkshire Regiment of Militia. He married Sophia, third daughter of George Osbaldeston, M.P. of Hutton Bushell. His son adopted the name and arms of Montagu, according to the directions of the will of the Rt. Hon. Frederick Montagu, of Papplewick. Richard Fountayne Wilson was described at his death by the Illustrated London News as "probably the richest commoner in the empire."

The sale of the Property of Captain Frederick Montagu, formerly of Melton Park, Doncaster, Christie's, London, July 3, 1946, included the present lot of two soup tureens, and the matching set of four sauce tureens by Benjamin Smith of 1807, of which two are to be offered in the following lot and a set of four ice pails and liners, ensuite, with masks on the handles, by Digby Scott and Benjamin Smith of 1806.

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