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Lot Essay
Christopher Binger entered his first mark in 1771, working in Windmill Street in Tottenham. By 1773, he is recorded as working as goldworker at the same address.
This is possibly the stick visible in a portrait of the young Alleyne FitzHerbert, painted circa 1777 in the style of a Grand Tour artist, depicting FitzHerbert standing beside a Roman Tomb with the Arch of Septimus Severus beyond. Another stick, mounted in silver and with the Royal monogram GR, remains in the FitzHerbert collection at Tissington, and was given to Alleyne FitzHerbert by King George III in 1787 to commemorate his appointment as Chief Secretary for Ireland in November of that year.
This is possibly the stick visible in a portrait of the young Alleyne FitzHerbert, painted circa 1777 in the style of a Grand Tour artist, depicting FitzHerbert standing beside a Roman Tomb with the Arch of Septimus Severus beyond. Another stick, mounted in silver and with the Royal monogram GR, remains in the FitzHerbert collection at Tissington, and was given to Alleyne FitzHerbert by King George III in 1787 to commemorate his appointment as Chief Secretary for Ireland in November of that year.