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MARK OF JAMES YOUNG, LONDON, 1787
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A GEORGE III SILVER BASKET AND STAND
MARK OF JAMES YOUNG, LONDON, 1787
The basket of boat form with two reeded handles, supported on an openwork base with four foliage feet hung with husk swags, with a pierced border, the conforming stand with acanthus handles and a ribbon tied reeded rim, each piece engraved with a coat-of-arms and an inscription, marked underneath basket and stand
the stand 21¼ in. (54 cm.) long
99 oz. (3,066 gr.)
The inscription reads 'The Sixteenth Annual Meeting Sir Willm Stanley Bart President 1783 Won By W.E. Wynne Esqr Black Horse Doct Graham'.
The arms are those of Owen Gwynedd quartering Wynne, for William Wynne of Wern (1708-1796) who married Jane, eldest daughter and sole heiress of Edward Williams of Peniarth, co. Merioneth.
Sir William Stanley 5th Bt. of Hooton (d.1792) was married to Barbara, daughter of John Towneley of Towneley. (2)
MARK OF JAMES YOUNG, LONDON, 1787
The basket of boat form with two reeded handles, supported on an openwork base with four foliage feet hung with husk swags, with a pierced border, the conforming stand with acanthus handles and a ribbon tied reeded rim, each piece engraved with a coat-of-arms and an inscription, marked underneath basket and stand
the stand 21¼ in. (54 cm.) long
99 oz. (3,066 gr.)
The inscription reads 'The Sixteenth Annual Meeting Sir Will
The arms are those of Owen Gwynedd quartering Wynne, for William Wynne of Wern (1708-1796) who married Jane, eldest daughter and sole heiress of Edward Williams of Peniarth, co. Merioneth.
Sir William Stanley 5th Bt. of Hooton (d.1792) was married to Barbara, daughter of John Towneley of Towneley. (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's Glasgow, 9 June 1994, lot 475
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