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APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1774
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A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER ENTREE-DISHES FROM THE SMITH SERVICE
APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1774
Cushion shaped with guilloché border, engraved with the Royal arms flanked by the initials 'AR', further engraved with a crest
9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm.) wide
90 oz. 18 dwt. (2,828 gr.) (4)
APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1774
Cushion shaped with guilloché border, engraved with the Royal arms flanked by the initials 'AR', further engraved with a crest
9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm.) wide
90 oz. 18 dwt. (2,828 gr.) (4)
Provenance
Thomas Assheton Smith (1725-1774), grandson of John Smith (1655-1723), Speaker of the House of Commons, who assumed the additional name of Smith in 1774 on the death of his maternal uncle and then by descent, father to son, until his grandson's widow, who left the Welsh estates to her husband's great-nephew on her death in 1858
George William Duff-Assheton-Smith (1848-1904) and then by descent to his great nephew
Sir Michael Duff, 3rd Bt. (1907-1980)
Sir Michael Duff, Bt.; Christie's London, 10 December 1958, lot 102.
George William Duff-Assheton-Smith (1848-1904) and then by descent to his great nephew
Sir Michael Duff, 3rd Bt. (1907-1980)
Sir Michael Duff, Bt.; Christie's London, 10 December 1958, lot 102.
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