LONDON, 1797, MAKER'S MARK GH, PROBABLY FOR GEORGE HALL

细节

A George III gold and silver-gilt freedom-box
London, 1797, maker's mark GH, probably for George Hall
Rectangular, the cover chased with a scene of a naval battle within oak leaf garland surround, the sides applied with trophies of arms and coats-of-arms, crests and mottoes, the base engraved with an inscription, marked on side and inside cover
4 7/8in. (12.4cm.) long
20oz. (627gr.)

来源

Presented to Admiral Sir Richard Onslow 1st B^t (1741-1817)

出版

The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al Tajir Collection, London, 1989, no. 211, p. 250, illustrated p. 251

展览

London, Christie's, The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al Tajir Collection, 1989, no. 211

注意事项

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品专文

Admiral Sir Richard Onslow (1741-1817) was born on 23 June 1741, second son of Lieutenant-General Richard Onslow and nephew of Arthur Onslow, Speaker of the House of Commons. At the age of seventeen he was promoted by Vice-Admiral George Pocock in the East Indies to be lieutenant of the Sunderland, and later joined Pocock's own flagship. His first command was the Martin, in 1761 at the age of twenty. By twenty-one he was commanding a 40-gun ship in the Baltic, and his career proceeded apace, his commands taking him to the Mediterranean, Jamaica and the West Indies. He assisted at the relief of Gibraltar in April 1781 and 1782, and commanded the Magnificent at Portsmouth during the Spanish armament. On 1 February 1793 he was promoted rear-admiral of the white; eighteen months later he was further promoted to vice-admiral. As commander of the Monarch he took a distinguished role in the battle of Camperdown on 11 October, 1797, for which conduct he was created a baronet on 30 October and presented with the freedom of the city and a sword, value 100gns., which event is commemorated in the present freedom-box. He continued in the North Sea under Duncan until his promotion to the rank of admiral on 14 February 1799. He was nominated a GCB in 1815 and died at Southampton on 27 December 1817.