MARK OF JOHN WAKELIN AND ROBERT GARRARD, LONDON, 1796

Details

A pair of George III silver meat-dishes
Mark of John Wakelin and Robert Garrard, London, 1796
Each shaped oval, with gadrooned borders, engraved with a coat-of-arms, with viscount's coronet above, marked on reverse, also engraved with scratchweight 51"19 and 51"14
17in. (43.3cm.) long
99oz. (3,079gr.)
The arms are those of Thomas, 1st Marquess of Bath (1734-1796) as Viscount Weymouth presumably engraved to match an earlier service. (2)

Provenance

Supplied to 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

Literature

Victoria and Albert Museum Mss. SD.95.0050, John Wakelin and Robert Garrard Gentleman's Ledger 2, 1796-1803, folio 168.
1896 Inventory, (2nd Marquess' Heirlooms), Plate, 'Two 17" ditto ditto ditto (oval shaped dish with reeded border and embosses'.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The entry for these meat-dishes and lot 446 in John Wakelin and Robert Garrard's Gentleman's Ledger reads:
'The Marquis of Bath
(1797)
Marh 22 To 4 oval Gadn Dishes for3/2 Duty 6d 183oz 1dwt 7/4 £103 15s 8d
To engraving 4 coats Supporters & Corts £1 - - '.

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