MAKER'S MARK OF SAMUEL COURTAULD, LONDON, 1762

Details

A GEORGE III SILVER SALVER OF AMERICAN INTEREST
maker's mark of samuel courtauld, london, 1762
Shaped circular, on three cast openwork feet, the cast and pierced rim with putti masks and vintage, the border flat-chased with rocaille, the field engraved with a coat of arms, crest and motto with a rococo cartouche, marked on reverse
13¼in. diameter; 40oz.

Provenance

The arms are those of Bull, as borne by William Bull (1710-1791), Colonial Governor of South Carolina. The salver descended to the present owner as follows:

Gov. William Bull and Hannah (Beale) Bull
Catherine Beale, niece, m. Col. John Stapleton of Charleston
Mary Harriet Stapleton, daughter, m. Charles Lloyd, Bishop of Oxford
Isabel Lloyd, daughter, m. Thomas Sanctuary
Charles Lloyd Sanctuary, son
John Cyril Tabor Sanctuary, son, and grandfather of the present owner

Lot Essay

William Bull, of Ashley Hall, South Carolina, was the first native-born American to receive the degree of Doctor of Medicine. On his return from European study, however, he took up careers in agriculture and politics. As Colonial Governor or Lieutenant-Governor, Bull was particularly successful in Indian affairs, and effectively ended the Cherokee War in South Carolina in 1761. As a staunch loyalist, he averted demonstrations against the Stamp Act in 1765 and protected imported tea from angry mobs. He was forced to leave office in 1775, when government was transferred to the Provincial Congress, and finally emigrated to England in 1782.