BY BENJAMIN COLE (1695-1766), MID-18TH CENTURY

細節

AN EARLY GEORGE III ROSE AND BOXWOOD DIAGONAL SCALED OCTANT
BY BENJAMIN COLE (1695-1766), MID-18TH CENTURY
Signed on the arc 'COLE Maker at ye ORRERY Fleet Street LONDON', wooden pin-hole sights, two interchangeable shades and mirrors, indistinctly inscribed 'For Wm. Vaughan Esqr. at Corsygedol to go by the first of Barmouth Ostlers Merionethshire, N. Wales'
22½ in. (57 cm.) high

來源

Supplied to William Vaughan (1707-1775), Corsygedol, Merionethshire, and by descent to
Evan Lloyd Vaughan (d.1791) and by descent to his niece
Margaret (d.1792), wife of Sir Roger Mostyn (d.1796), 3rd Bt. of Mostyn, and by descent.

注意事項

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拍品專文

William Vaughan of Corsygedol was a Welsh landowner and antiquary, being the first president of the Cymmrodorion. He was a keen supporter of Welsh literature and language, as well as M.P. for Merionethshire from 1734 to 1768. He owned and probably commissioned Snowdon from Llyn Nantle by Richard Wilson which is now in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.
By 1748 Benjamin Cole Snr had opened premises at 136 Fleet Street. His son, Benjamin Jnr joined his father in partnership in 1751 and continued the business until his retirement in 1782, when he sold it to J. and E. Troughton.