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MARK OF DAVID WILLAUME II, LONDON, 1743
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Two George II silver brandy-saucepans
Mark of David Willaume II, London, 1743
In two sizes, each of typical bombé form with short spout and part-wood turned baluster handle with chased rocaille terminal, chased below the rim with a band of scrolling foliage, flowers and rocaille, the larger faintly engraved with two coats-of-arms acollée with baron's coronet above, each marked on base
The larger, 11½in. (29cm.) long; the smaller, 8¾in. (22.3cm.) long
gross 30oz. (950gr.)
The arms are those of Fox with another in pretence all acollée with another, presumably for Stephen, 1st Baron Strangways and Ilchester (1704-1776), later created Earl of Ilchester and his wife Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Thomas Strangways Horner of Mells Park, co. Somerset, whom he married in 1735. (2)
Mark of David Willaume II, London, 1743
In two sizes, each of typical bombé form with short spout and part-wood turned baluster handle with chased rocaille terminal, chased below the rim with a band of scrolling foliage, flowers and rocaille, the larger faintly engraved with two coats-of-arms acollée with baron's coronet above, each marked on base
The larger, 11½in. (29cm.) long; the smaller, 8¾in. (22.3cm.) long
gross 30oz. (950gr.)
The arms are those of Fox with another in pretence all acollée with another, presumably for Stephen, 1st Baron Strangways and Ilchester (1704-1776), later created Earl of Ilchester and his wife Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Thomas Strangways Horner of Mells Park, co. Somerset, whom he married in 1735. (2)
Provenance
Stephen, 1st Baron Strangways and Ilchester (1704-1776), later created Earl of Ilchester and then by descent to,
Henry, 5th Earl of Ilchester (1847-1905)
The Trustees of the 5th Earl of Ilchester's Will Trust, Christie's London, 28 April 1965, lots 98 and 99
Henry, 5th Earl of Ilchester (1847-1905)
The Trustees of the 5th Earl of Ilchester's Will Trust, Christie's London, 28 April 1965, lots 98 and 99
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