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MARK OF ROBERT GARRARD, LONDON, 1819
Details
A George III silver egg-boiler, stand and lamp
Mark of Robert Garrard, London, 1819
Oval, with gadrooned borders, with two reeded handles with turned ivory centres and foliate terminals, the partly-fluted double-sided cover hinged to each side, with scroll thumbpieces, the separate six-section egg-holder with reeded rings, handle and frame, on a wirework lattice base, the separate stand oval with reeded borders, on four fluted paw feet, with central oval bracket, and detachable oval two-light lamp and cover, the body, stand, and lamp cover each engraved with a crest with viscount's coronet above, marked on body, base of egg-frame, reverse of stand, inside each side of cover, on base of lamp, and on lamp cover bezel
9½in. (24cm.) high
gross 49oz. (1,542gr.)
The crest is for Thomas, Visount Weymouth (1796-1837), eldest son of Thomas, 2nd Marquess of Bath (1765-1837) and eldest brother of Henry, 3rd Marquess of Bath (1797-1837).
Mark of Robert Garrard, London, 1819
Oval, with gadrooned borders, with two reeded handles with turned ivory centres and foliate terminals, the partly-fluted double-sided cover hinged to each side, with scroll thumbpieces, the separate six-section egg-holder with reeded rings, handle and frame, on a wirework lattice base, the separate stand oval with reeded borders, on four fluted paw feet, with central oval bracket, and detachable oval two-light lamp and cover, the body, stand, and lamp cover each engraved with a crest with viscount's coronet above, marked on body, base of egg-frame, reverse of stand, inside each side of cover, on base of lamp, and on lamp cover bezel
9½in. (24cm.) high
gross 49oz. (1,542gr.)
The crest is for Thomas, Visount Weymouth (1796-1837), eldest son of Thomas, 2nd Marquess of Bath (1765-1837) and eldest brother of Henry, 3rd Marquess of Bath (1797-1837).
Provenance
Thomas, Visount Weymouth (1796-1837), eldest son of Thomas, 2nd Marquess of Bath (1765-1837) and by descent to
John Alexander, 4th Marquess of Bath (1831-1896) Longleat, Wiltshire and by descent at Longleat
John Alexander, 4th Marquess of Bath (1831-1896) Longleat, Wiltshire and by descent at Longleat
Literature
Victoria and Albert Museum Mss. SD.95.0050, Robert Garrard's Gentleman's Ledger 1811-1817, folio
1896 Inventory, (4th Marquess' Heirlooms), Plate, 'an oval gadroon and fluted egg boiler liner, stand and lamp with ivory handles'.
1896 Inventory, (4th Marquess' Heirlooms), Plate, 'an oval gadroon and fluted egg boiler liner, stand and lamp with ivory handles'.
Special notice
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