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THE DISHES AND COVER AND TWO FINIALS WITH MARK OF RICHARD COOKE, LONDON, 1803 AND 1804, THE STANDS WITH THE MARK OF PHILLIP RUNDELL, LONDON, 1820, TWO FINIALS WITH THE MARK OF MATTHEW BOULTON, BIRMINGHAM, 1801
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A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER ENTRÉE DISHES, COVER AND STANDS
THE DISHES AND COVER AND TWO FINIALS WITH MARK OF RICHARD COOKE, LONDON, 1803 AND 1804, THE STANDS WITH THE MARK OF PHILLIP RUNDELL, LONDON, 1820, TWO FINIALS WITH THE MARK OF MATTHEW BOULTON, BIRMINGHAM, 1801
Oblong, the dishes with gadrooned rim, the stands with reeded part ivory handles, supported on four alternating lion and unicorn feet, the finial modelled as the Royal crest, the covers engraved on one side with a cypher below a Royal coronet, the other side engraved with the Royal arms, the stands applied on each side with the Royal arms within a Garter motto, marked on dishes, covers, stands and finials
16 in. (40.6 cm.) long
gross weight 663 oz. (20,620 gr.)
The initials on the entrée dishes are those of Queen Charlotte (1744-1818) (4)
THE DISHES AND COVER AND TWO FINIALS WITH MARK OF RICHARD COOKE, LONDON, 1803 AND 1804, THE STANDS WITH THE MARK OF PHILLIP RUNDELL, LONDON, 1820, TWO FINIALS WITH THE MARK OF MATTHEW BOULTON, BIRMINGHAM, 1801
Oblong, the dishes with gadrooned rim, the stands with reeded part ivory handles, supported on four alternating lion and unicorn feet, the finial modelled as the Royal crest, the covers engraved on one side with a cypher below a Royal coronet, the other side engraved with the Royal arms, the stands applied on each side with the Royal arms within a Garter motto, marked on dishes, covers, stands and finials
16 in. (40.6 cm.) long
gross weight 663 oz. (20,620 gr.)
The initials on the entrée dishes are those of Queen Charlotte (1744-1818) (4)
Provenance
The entrée dishes supplied to Queen Charlotte (1744-1818), wife of King George III (1760-1820) and presumably then by descent to her seventh son Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850) who commission the stands and finials and then by descent to his son;
Prince George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904)
H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, KG, KT, KP; Christie's London, 6 June 1904, lot 175, (£126 to Lyon)
A Lady [S.J. Phillips]; Christie's London, 6 July 1932, lot 94, (£187 to Marsh)
Prince George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904)
H.R.H. Duke of Cambridge, KG, KT, KP; Christie's London, 6 June 1904, lot 175, (£126 to Lyon)
A Lady [S.J. Phillips]; Christie's London, 6 July 1932, lot 94, (£187 to Marsh)
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