Details
A GEORGE III SILVER SOUP TUREEN AND COVER
maker's mark of William Fountain, London, 1802
Oval and on four leaf-capped foliate scroll feet and with similar swing handles and with shell and reeded borders, the domed cover with detachable leaf-capped scroll handle, engraved with crests beneath Viscount's coronet, marked on side handles, cover and underside of body, the cover handle unmarked - 13¾cm. (35cm.) long
111ozs. (3,457grs.)
The crest is that of Lowther, for William, later 1st Earl of Lonsdale K.G. who succeded his cousin James in 1802 as 2nd Baron and Viscount Lowther and was created Earl of Lonsdale in 1807
maker's mark of William Fountain, London, 1802
Oval and on four leaf-capped foliate scroll feet and with similar swing handles and with shell and reeded borders, the domed cover with detachable leaf-capped scroll handle, engraved with crests beneath Viscount's coronet, marked on side handles, cover and underside of body, the cover handle unmarked - 13¾cm. (35cm.) long
111ozs. (3,457grs.)
The crest is that of Lowther, for William, later 1st Earl of Lonsdale K.G. who succeded his cousin James in 1802 as 2nd Baron and Viscount Lowther and was created Earl of Lonsdale in 1807
Provenance
The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale O.B.E., sold Christie's, 19 February 1947, lot 91 (a pair)