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MARK OF SAMUEL HERBERT, LONDON, 1748,
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A GEORGE II SILVER SWING-HANDLED CAKE BASKET,
MARK OF SAMUEL HERBERT, LONDON, 1748,
Circular with cut-out border of "C" scrolls & flowers, sides pierced with scrollwork & quatrefoils, the four rococo supports terminating in shell feet and joined to the body with winged cherub masks surmounted by flowers, the cast handle with caryatids at either side and applied at top with a rocaille cartouche, centre later engraved with the pre-1801 Royal Arms of Great Britain & Ireland above the arms of Earl Macartney, 12½ in. diameter (31.7 cm.), 51 oz.
MARK OF SAMUEL HERBERT, LONDON, 1748,
Circular with cut-out border of "C" scrolls & flowers, sides pierced with scrollwork & quatrefoils, the four rococo supports terminating in shell feet and joined to the body with winged cherub masks surmounted by flowers, the cast handle with caryatids at either side and applied at top with a rocaille cartouche, centre later engraved with the pre-1801 Royal Arms of Great Britain & Ireland above the arms of Earl Macartney, 12½ in. diameter (31.7 cm.), 51 oz.
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George, 1st.Lord Macartney, Baron of Lissanoure, Co.Antrim, was created an earl in 1794. In 1776 he was appointed Governor of Grenada, going on to briefly serve as Governor of Madras. From 1792-4 he seved as ambassador extraordinary & plenipotentiary to the Emperor of China, then from 1794 Ambassador to Russia. Following his elevation to an earldom he served as Governor of the Cape of Good Hope between 1797-99 and died without issue on 31 March, 1806.