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MARK OF MATTHEW BOULTON, BIRMINGHAM, 1810
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A pair of George III silver wine-coolers and collars with Old Sheffield Plate liners
Mark of Matthew Boulton, Birmingham, 1810
Each partly-fluted campana shaped on spreading circular foot, with gadrooned borders, the two reeded handles with grapevine terminals, with plain detachable collars and plated cylindrical liners, the body engraved with a coat-of-arms, the collar with a crest, marked on base and collar bezel
9½in. (24cm.) high
142oz. (4,424gr.) without liners
The arms are those of North with the Order of St. Michael and St. George beneath, for Frederick, 4th Earl of Guilford (1766-1827). Lord Guilford was educated at Eton and Christ Church College, Oxford and succeeded to the earldom on the death of his brother in 1817. (2)
Mark of Matthew Boulton, Birmingham, 1810
Each partly-fluted campana shaped on spreading circular foot, with gadrooned borders, the two reeded handles with grapevine terminals, with plain detachable collars and plated cylindrical liners, the body engraved with a coat-of-arms, the collar with a crest, marked on base and collar bezel
9½in. (24cm.) high
142oz. (4,424gr.) without liners
The arms are those of North with the Order of St. Michael and St. George beneath, for Frederick, 4th Earl of Guilford (1766-1827). Lord Guilford was educated at Eton and Christ Church College, Oxford and succeeded to the earldom on the death of his brother in 1817. (2)
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