MAKER'S MARK OF WILLIAM CRIPPS, LONDON, 1759
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A pair of George II silver meat dishes
maker's mark of William Cripps, London, 1759
Shaped-oval and with gadrooned borders, later engraved with a coat-of-arms and crest, each marked on reverse and engraved with scratchweights '34:16' and '37:15'
15in. (38cm.) long
70ozs. (2,187grs.)
The arms are those of St. Quintin of Harpham probably for Sir William St. Quintin (d.1795) who married Charlotte (d.1762), only daughter of Henry Fane Esq., of Wormsley, Co. Oxford. Sir William inherited the title on the death of his father in 1757. The marriage was childless and the title became extinct on his death. (2)
maker's mark of William Cripps, London, 1759
Shaped-oval and with gadrooned borders, later engraved with a coat-of-arms and crest, each marked on reverse and engraved with scratchweights '34:16' and '37:15'
15in. (38cm.) long
70ozs. (2,187grs.)
The arms are those of St. Quintin of Harpham probably for Sir William St. Quintin (d.1795) who married Charlotte (d.1762), only daughter of Henry Fane Esq., of Wormsley, Co. Oxford. Sir William inherited the title on the death of his father in 1757. The marriage was childless and the title became extinct on his death. (2)