MARK OF JOSEPH WARD, LONDON, 1718

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A SET OF THREE GEORGE I SILVER CASTERS
MARK OF JOSEPH WARD, LONDON, 1718
Comprising one larger caster and a pair of smaller casters, slightly flattened panelled baluster form on stepped octagonal base and with moulded borders, the detachable cover pierced with scrolls and with baluster finial, the body engraved with a coat-of-arms and a crest, each marked on base and cover
The larger, 8¼ in. (21 cm.) high; the smaller, 7 in. (18 cm.) high
26 oz. (810 gr.)
The arms are those of Southwell with Dymoke in pretence for Edward Southwell (1694-1748) of Wisbeach, Isle of Ely and his wife Jane (d.1761), daughter and sole heiress of Edward Dymoke of Waddingworth, co. Lincoln whom he married circa 1725. (3)

Provenance

Sir Weston Cracroft-Amcotts (1888-1974)
Sir Weston Cracroft-Amcotts; Christie's London, 26 April 1967, lot 118 M. Luben Basmadjieff, Christie's Geneva, 14 November 1972, lot 291.

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Lot Essay

Edward Southwell (1694-1748) was the son and heir of Edward Southwell (d.1702-3), Barrister at Law, who died 18 January 1702-3 in his 41st year. The younger Edward Southwell married Jane Dymoke (d.1761) presumably in late 1725 as the settlement before their marriage was dated 13 November 1725. Their only daughter and eventual heiress, Jane, married Sir Clement Trafford (b.ca.1738) of Dunton Hall and assumed the surname of Southwell by Act of Parliament in 1794.

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