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MARK OF JOHN ECKFORD, LONDON, 1703
Details
A pair of Queen Anne silver-gilt baskets
mark of John Eckford, London, 1703
Each shaped oval, on reeded collet foot, the outcurved sides formed of reeded basketweave, with rope-twist border and two angular rope-twist handles, the field engraved with a coat-of-arms within a foliate scroll cartouche, the reverse of each faintly engraved with a crest, each engraved with number and scratchweight, 'no. 55 33:14' and 'no. 56 33:6'
16¼in. (41.2cm.) long
67oz. (2,098gr.)
The arms are those of Harcourt quartering Venables and Vernon with Jenkinson quartering Shuckburgh, Evelyn and Medley in pretence, for Francis Vernon Harcourt (1801-1880) and his wife Catherine Julia (d.1877), eldest daughter and co-heir of Charles, 3rd and last Earl of Liverpool of the first creation (1784-1851), whom he married in 1837. Harcourt was the 9th son of Edward Vernon Harcourt (1757-1847), Archbishop of York from 1807 until his death. (2)
mark of John Eckford, London, 1703
Each shaped oval, on reeded collet foot, the outcurved sides formed of reeded basketweave, with rope-twist border and two angular rope-twist handles, the field engraved with a coat-of-arms within a foliate scroll cartouche, the reverse of each faintly engraved with a crest, each engraved with number and scratchweight, 'no. 55 33:14' and 'no. 56 33:6'
16¼in. (41.2cm.) long
67oz. (2,098gr.)
The arms are those of Harcourt quartering Venables and Vernon with Jenkinson quartering Shuckburgh, Evelyn and Medley in pretence, for Francis Vernon Harcourt (1801-1880) and his wife Catherine Julia (d.1877), eldest daughter and co-heir of Charles, 3rd and last Earl of Liverpool of the first creation (1784-1851), whom he married in 1837. Harcourt was the 9th son of Edward Vernon Harcourt (1757-1847), Archbishop of York from 1807 until his death. (2)
Provenance
Lady Moyra Fitzgerald; Christie's London, 4 November 1953, lot 157 (£260 to Davidson)
Literature
M. Clayton, The Collector's Dictionary of Silver and Gold of Great Britain and North America, Woodbridge, 1971, p. 25, fig. 11
Special notice
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