Lot Essay
The initial ‘V’ is for George, 2nd Earl Vane, later 5th Marquess of Londonderry (1821-1884).
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MARK OF ELIZABETH GODFREY, LONDON, 1751
Details
A SET OF THREE GEORGE II SILVER CONDIMENT VASES
MARK OF ELIZABETH GODFREY, LONDON, 1751
Each on spreading circular foot, the vase-shaped bodies with scroll bracket handles and laurel borders, the covers with pineapple finial, the large and one small covers pierced, each later engraved with initial 'V' below earl's coronet, each marked underneath and on cover bezel, each with scratchweight '46-0'
7.3/4 in. (19.7 cm.) high
41 oz. 13 dwt. (1,295 gr.)
MARK OF ELIZABETH GODFREY, LONDON, 1751
Each on spreading circular foot, the vase-shaped bodies with scroll bracket handles and laurel borders, the covers with pineapple finial, the large and one small covers pierced, each later engraved with initial 'V' below earl's coronet, each marked underneath and on cover bezel, each with scratchweight '46-0'
7.3/4 in. (19.7 cm.) high
41 oz. 13 dwt. (1,295 gr.)
Provenance
Possibly the Tempests of Wynyard Park, County Durham, and by descent to the Marquesses of Londonderry.
Literature
Inventory of Londonderry Plate at Garrard & Co., 1923, p36, ‘Silver Dinner Service’ (part)
Inventory of silver and plate, Wynyard Park, 1949. p. 6.
Wynyard Park, inventory, 1956, p. 169, as 'in the strong room and in daily use'.
Inventory of silver and plate, Wynyard Park, 1949. p. 6.
Wynyard Park, inventory, 1956, p. 169, as 'in the strong room and in daily use'.
Exhibited
Stockton-on-Tees, Preston Hall Museum & Art Gallery, Catalogue of Old Silver, Lent by the Most Hon. the Marquis of Londonderry, D.L., J.P., 28 May - 5 September 1955, p. 9, no. 34, case 5.
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Katharine Cooke
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