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MARK OF EDWARD FELINE, LONDON, 1746
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AN IMPORTANT GEORGE II SILVER WAITER
MARK OF EDWARD FELINE, LONDON, 1746
Oblong and on four claw-and-ball feet, the reeded rim above a pierced fruiting grapevine border, engraved with a coat-of-arms below an earl's coronet, marked on the back, further engraved with a scratchweight '26=18'
10 7/8 in. (27.5 cm.) wide
26 oz. (829 gr.)
The arms are those of Booth, for George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington (1675-1758), of Dunham Massey, Cheshire.
MARK OF EDWARD FELINE, LONDON, 1746
Oblong and on four claw-and-ball feet, the reeded rim above a pierced fruiting grapevine border, engraved with a coat-of-arms below an earl's coronet, marked on the back, further engraved with a scratchweight '26=18'
10 7/8 in. (27.5 cm.) wide
26 oz. (829 gr.)
The arms are those of Booth, for George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington (1675-1758), of Dunham Massey, Cheshire.
Provenance
George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington (1675-1758), perhaps a gift from his daughter and son-in-law
Then by descent to Catherine, Lady Grey and Sir John Foley-Grey
Catherine, Lady Grey and Sir John Foley-Grey; Christie's London, 20 April, 1921, lot 100 (part)
Then by descent to Catherine, Lady Grey and Sir John Foley-Grey
Catherine, Lady Grey and Sir John Foley-Grey; Christie's London, 20 April, 1921, lot 100 (part)
Literature
Recorded in The Particular of my Plate and its Weight, 30 April 1750, revised 1754, as 'A Waiter for cards [?], the brim of pierced work 26-18'.
Special notice
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