Lot Essay
A SIMILAR SET OF TWELVE SPOONS AND FORKS, FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE HILMAR REKSTEN, WERE SOLD IN THESE ROOMS, 22 MAY 1991, LOT 83
Details
A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE II SILVER TABLE SPOONS AND TWELVE TABLE FORKS
MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN JACOB, LONDON, 1735
HANOVARIAN PATTERN, THE FORKS WITH THREE PRONGS, EACH ENGRAVED WITH A COAT-OF-ARMS BENEATH EARL'S CORONET, MARKED ON REVERSE OF HANDLES, SOME MARKS INDISTINCT
84OZS. (2,631GRS.)
THE ARMS ARE THOSE OF BOOTH, FOR GEORGE, 2ND EARL OF WARRINGTON (24)
MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN JACOB, LONDON, 1735
HANOVARIAN PATTERN, THE FORKS WITH THREE PRONGS, EACH ENGRAVED WITH A COAT-OF-ARMS BENEATH EARL'S CORONET, MARKED ON REVERSE OF HANDLES, SOME MARKS INDISTINCT
84OZS. (2,631GRS.)
THE ARMS ARE THOSE OF BOOTH, FOR GEORGE, 2ND EARL OF WARRINGTON (24)
Provenance
GEORGE BOOTH, 2ND EARL OF WARRINGTON AND THEN BY DESCENT TO
CATHERINE, LADY GREY AND SIR JOHN FOLEY GREY BART., 20 APRIL 1921, PART LOTS 7-20, (ERRONEOUS ATTRIBUTED TO ISAAC LIGER)
CATHERINE, LADY GREY AND SIR JOHN FOLEY GREY BART., 20 APRIL 1921, PART LOTS 7-20, (ERRONEOUS ATTRIBUTED TO ISAAC LIGER)