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MARK OF ROBERT NASH, LONDON, 1795,
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A GEORGE III ROYAL PRESENTATION SILVER ARCHERY PRIZE HORN,
MARK OF ROBERT NASH, LONDON, 1795,
Decorated with bands of oak leaves on matted ground between narrower guilloche bands, the front applied with the Prince of Wales's feathers & inscribed "Given by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to the Royal Kentish Bowmen, won 31st. August 1795 by Theodore Forbes Leith MD of Greenwich", complete with chain & clasp, the latter terminating in the Prince of Wales's feathers, contained in original fitted case, lined in blue silk & velvet (the silk now distressed), 8 in. long (20 cm.), 11.25 oz.
MARK OF ROBERT NASH, LONDON, 1795,
Decorated with bands of oak leaves on matted ground between narrower guilloche bands, the front applied with the Prince of Wales's feathers & inscribed "Given by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to the Royal Kentish Bowmen, won 31st. August 1795 by Theodore Forbes Leith MD of Greenwich", complete with chain & clasp, the latter terminating in the Prince of Wales's feathers, contained in original fitted case, lined in blue silk & velvet (the silk now distressed), 8 in. long (20 cm.), 11.25 oz.
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The latter part of the 18th century saw the emergence of numerous exclusive clubs & societies for the gentry, many with their own rules & costume. One of these, under the patronage of the Prince of Wales (later George IV), met at Dartford Heath, having originally been formed at North Cray by a Mr. J.E. Maddocks in 1785 with only 11 members. The Society met each Saturday between May & September at "Bowman's Lodge", a house especially fitted out for their use with a 100 yard range dressed in finery decreed by the Prince of Wales himself. Members who failed to turn up in uniform were fined 7 shillings & sixpence and not allowed to shoot. The Society ceased in 1802.
Dr.Theodore Forbes Leith (1749-1819), born in Aberdeen, practised as a physician in Greenwich, Kent, and was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1781 & a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians in 1786. He is recorded as having a correspondence of some 600 pages with the American president, Benjamin Franklin, (1706-1790) concerning a recipe for the manufacture of Parmesan cheese! Forbes Leith died in 1819 of lockjaw.
Dr.Theodore Forbes Leith (1749-1819), born in Aberdeen, practised as a physician in Greenwich, Kent, and was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1781 & a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians in 1786. He is recorded as having a correspondence of some 600 pages with the American president, Benjamin Franklin, (1706-1790) concerning a recipe for the manufacture of Parmesan cheese! Forbes Leith died in 1819 of lockjaw.
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