THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A pair of George III silver-gilt salvers
MAKER'S MARK OF RICHARD RUGG, LONDON, 1760 AND 1761
Details
A pair of George III silver-gilt salvers
maker's mark of Richard Rugg, London, 1760 and 1761
Shaped-circular on three scroll and foliage feet, with fluted flower rim, the centre engraved with a crest within drapery mantling and with Viscount's coronet above, marked on reverse and engraved with scratchweights '32.8' and '33=6'
12 3/8in. (31.5cm.) diam.
62ozs. (1,929grs.) (2)
maker's mark of Richard Rugg, London, 1760 and 1761
Shaped-circular on three scroll and foliage feet, with fluted flower rim, the centre engraved with a crest within drapery mantling and with Viscount's coronet above, marked on reverse and engraved with scratchweights '32.8' and '33=6'
12 3/8in. (31.5cm.) diam.
62ozs. (1,929grs.) (2)
Provenance
Thomas, 7th Viscount and 1st Baron Bulkeley (1752-1822) and thence by descent to his half-brother's son Sir Richard Bulkeley Williams-Bulkeley 10th Bt. (1801-1875) and thence by descent to his grandson Sir Richard Henry Williams-Bulkeley K.C.B., 12th Bt., (1862-1942)
Sold by Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley Bt., 1935
William Randolph Hearst, removed from St. Donat's Castle, Wales; Christie's, 14 December 1938, lot 20 (¨35 to S. J. Phillips)
Sold by Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley Bt., 1935
William Randolph Hearst, removed from St. Donat's Castle, Wales; Christie's, 14 December 1938, lot 20 (¨35 to S. J. Phillips)