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MARK OF ELIZA GODFREY, LONDON, 1760
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A George III silver cake-basket
Mark of Eliza Godfrey, London, 1760
Oval, on vertically pierced collet foot, with rope-twist borders, the reeded interlaced lattice sides with scalloped rim, the hinged swing openwork handle with leaf terminals, the field engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked under base and on foot-rim
13 1/8in. (34cm.) long
44oz. (1,369gr.)
The arms are those of Neave impaling Bristowe, for Sir Richard Neave 1st Bt., of Dagnan Park, co. Essex (1731-1815) and his wife Frances (d.1830), daughter of John Bristow of Quidenham Hall, co. Norfolk, whom he married in 1761. Sir Richard was Governor of the Bank of England from 1780 and was High Sheriff of Essex in 1794.
Mark of Eliza Godfrey, London, 1760
Oval, on vertically pierced collet foot, with rope-twist borders, the reeded interlaced lattice sides with scalloped rim, the hinged swing openwork handle with leaf terminals, the field engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked under base and on foot-rim
13 1/8in. (34cm.) long
44oz. (1,369gr.)
The arms are those of Neave impaling Bristowe, for Sir Richard Neave 1st Bt., of Dagnan Park, co. Essex (1731-1815) and his wife Frances (d.1830), daughter of John Bristow of Quidenham Hall, co. Norfolk, whom he married in 1761. Sir Richard was Governor of the Bank of England from 1780 and was High Sheriff of Essex in 1794.
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