THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A GEORGE III SILVER BASKET
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A GEORGE III SILVER BASKET
MAKER'S MARK OF BURRAGE DAVENPORT, LONDON, 1776
Oval and on pierced gallery foot, the sides pierced and engraved with slats, stylised flowerheads and Greek key pattern, with beaded swing handle and beaded borders, engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked on side and handle, engraved under base with scratch weight 25=12
13in. (33.3cm.) long
25ozs. (779grs.)
The arms are those of Rouse quartering Boughton for Charles William Boughton Rouse, (d.1821). In 1782 he married Catherine, only daughter and heiress of William Pierce Hall, of Downton Hall, Shropshire. He represented the boroughs of Evesham and Bramber and was the Cheif Secretary to the Board of Control in 1784. In 1791 he was created a Baronet and soon after inherited the family baronetcy from his brother Edward in 1794. Edward had inherited the title after the untimely death of his cousin Sir Theodosius Boughton, 7th Bt. in 1780. Sir Theodosius died before attaining his majority in suspicious circumstances. After a coroner's inquest, his brother-in-law, Captain Donellan was tried and convicted of poisoning him with a draft adminstered by Lady Boughton. Although Donellan protested his innocence to the end, and the evidence was far from strong, he was executed in Warwick in 1781
MAKER'S MARK OF BURRAGE DAVENPORT, LONDON, 1776
Oval and on pierced gallery foot, the sides pierced and engraved with slats, stylised flowerheads and Greek key pattern, with beaded swing handle and beaded borders, engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked on side and handle, engraved under base with scratch weight 25=12
13in. (33.3cm.) long
25ozs. (779grs.)
The arms are those of Rouse quartering Boughton for Charles William Boughton Rouse, (d.1821). In 1782 he married Catherine, only daughter and heiress of William Pierce Hall, of Downton Hall, Shropshire. He represented the boroughs of Evesham and Bramber and was the Cheif Secretary to the Board of Control in 1784. In 1791 he was created a Baronet and soon after inherited the family baronetcy from his brother Edward in 1794. Edward had inherited the title after the untimely death of his cousin Sir Theodosius Boughton, 7th Bt. in 1780. Sir Theodosius died before attaining his majority in suspicious circumstances. After a coroner's inquest, his brother-in-law, Captain Donellan was tried and convicted of poisoning him with a draft adminstered by Lady Boughton. Although Donellan protested his innocence to the end, and the evidence was far from strong, he was executed in Warwick in 1781