MARK OF JOHN EDWARDS, LONDON, 1805

細節

A pair of George III silver sauce-tureens and covers
Mark of John Edwards, London, 1805
Each octagonal on conforming foot, with gadrooned borders and two angular reeded handles, the slightly domed cover with octagonal handle, the body engraved twice with a coat-of-arms, the cover twice with a crest, each marked on foot and cover bezel
9¼in. (23.5cm.) long
45oz. (1,421
The arms are those of Chambers impaling Polhill for Robert Joseph Chambers (1779-1843) and wife Eliza (d.1858), only daughter and heir of Nathaniel Polhill of Howbury Park, co. Bedford, MP for the Borough of Southwark, whom he married on 23 July 1805 at Chiswick. (2)

注意事項

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

拍品專文

The arms are those borne unofficially by Chambers until he had a grant of new and differenced arms on 9 January 1835; the present arms also include a label of three points indicating that he was the eldest then surviving son of his living father. Born at Calcutta on 16 July 1779, he was a barrister at law of the Middle Temple, called to the Bar in 1804. He was appointed a Commissioner of Bankrupts on 17 August 1804, a Magistrate of Union Hall, Borough of Southwark in 1810, and removed to Marlborough Street Office in 1833 from which he retired in 1839. He died aged 63 in 1843 in Brooke Street and was buried at Trinity Church, Marylebone. His widow Eliza died in 1858 and was buried at the New Church, Loughton.