MARK OF EDWARD FARRELL, LONDON, 1821

Details

A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER SALVERS
MARK OF EDWARD FARRELL, LONDON, 1821
Each on four shell and vine feet and with shell and foliage border, the field flat-chased with a similar band and engraved with a coat-of-arms, each marked in field
13 in. (33 cm.) diameter; 88 oz. (2,749 gr.)

Provenance

William John Legh Esq., (d.1834) of Brymbo Hall, Co. Denbigh and thence by descent
The Property of the Late Lord Newton; Christie's, London, 14 July 1993, lot 32 (part)

Lot Essay

The present lot was commissioned for the wedding in 1821 of William John Legh Esq. and Mary Ann (d.1838), eldest daughter and heir of John Wilkinson Esq. of Castlehead. Their fourth and eldest surviving son William John Legh (1828-1898) succeeded to his father's estates in 1834 and to those of his uncle in 1857. He was later created 1st Baron Newton of Newton-in-Makerfield in 1892.

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