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THE KETTLE WITH THE MARK OF DAVID WILLAUME, LONDON, 1736, THE STAND WITH THE MARK OF ROBERT ABERCROMBIE, LONDON, 1735
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A GEORGE II SILVER KETTLE, STAND AND LAMP WITH TRAY
THE KETTLE WITH THE MARK OF DAVID WILLAUME, LONDON, 1736, THE STAND WITH THE MARK OF ROBERT ABERCROMBIE, LONDON, 1735
The kettle globular, later engraved with a coat-of-arms below a viscount's coronet, engraved with foliate scroll, shell, lattice and rocaille, with an overhead swing handle, the stand with three scroll legs and an openwork mask and foliate scroll apron, with a central burner, the stand triangular with a shaped border, later engraved with a crest below a viscount's coronet, marked on kettle stands and covers, the stand engraved with a scratchweight '15=10'
13¼ in. (33.5 cm.) high
gross weight 77 oz. (2,390 gr.)
The arms are those of Blundell impaling Chetwynd, for Montague, 1st and last Viscount Blundell (1689-1756) and his wife Mary, daughter of John Chetwynd of Grendon, co. Warwick, whom he married in 1709. Sir Montague Blundell was M.P. for Haslemere and was created Baron Edenderry and Viscount Blundell in 1720. His only son predeceased him in 1732 therefore the viscountcy and barony became extinct on his death in 1756.
THE KETTLE WITH THE MARK OF DAVID WILLAUME, LONDON, 1736, THE STAND WITH THE MARK OF ROBERT ABERCROMBIE, LONDON, 1735
The kettle globular, later engraved with a coat-of-arms below a viscount's coronet, engraved with foliate scroll, shell, lattice and rocaille, with an overhead swing handle, the stand with three scroll legs and an openwork mask and foliate scroll apron, with a central burner, the stand triangular with a shaped border, later engraved with a crest below a viscount's coronet, marked on kettle stands and covers, the stand engraved with a scratchweight '15=10'
13¼ in. (33.5 cm.) high
gross weight 77 oz. (2,390 gr.)
The arms are those of Blundell impaling Chetwynd, for Montague, 1st and last Viscount Blundell (1689-1756) and his wife Mary, daughter of John Chetwynd of Grendon, co. Warwick, whom he married in 1709. Sir Montague Blundell was M.P. for Haslemere and was created Baron Edenderry and Viscount Blundell in 1720. His only son predeceased him in 1732 therefore the viscountcy and barony became extinct on his death in 1756.
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