A MAGNIFICENT WILLIAM IV SILVER TEA TRAY

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A MAGNIFICENT WILLIAM IV SILVER TEA TRAY
LONDON, 1835, MAKER'S MARK OF BENJAMIN SMITH III

Of shaped oval form, raised on four scrolling acanthus feet from which emerge figures of horses, the frosted rim cast in high relief and formed of running horses amid swirling acanthus leaves, with two openwork handles each formed as a tied floral garland, the field engraved with a coat of arms, crest and motto within scrolling foliage, marked on reverse, also stamped B. SMITH DUKE ST. LINN. INN FIELDS--length over handles 37 3/4 in. (95.9 cm.)
(314 oz.)

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Christie's, when?

拍品專文

The arms are those of Montefiore impaling those of Cohen as borne by Sir Moses Montefiore

The same arms appear on a pair of silver-gilt claret jugs of 1811 by Paul Storr, sold by Sotheby's, New York, December 13, 1984, lot 59.