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MARK OF EDWARD WAKELIN, LONDON, 1751
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A GEORGE II SILVER INKSTAND
MARK OF EDWARD WAKELIN, LONDON, 1751
Oblong with gadrooned and shell border, on four cast shell and scroll feet, the baluster inkpot and pounce pot chased with shells, the bell cast with taperstick, the stand engraved with a coat-of-arms, the pots engraved with crests, marked beneath stand and pots, covers unmarked, with scratchweight '61=2'
13 5/8 in. (34.5 cm.) long
59 oz. 18 dwt. (1,863 gr.)
The arms are those of Dutton for James Lenox Dutton (formerly Naper) (1712/3-1776). He inherited the Dutton estates from his maternal uncle Sir John Dutton 2nd Bt. (1684-1743) and assumed the arms and name of Dutton. His son James Dutton (1744-1820) was created 1st Baron Sherborne in 1784.
MARK OF EDWARD WAKELIN, LONDON, 1751
Oblong with gadrooned and shell border, on four cast shell and scroll feet, the baluster inkpot and pounce pot chased with shells, the bell cast with taperstick, the stand engraved with a coat-of-arms, the pots engraved with crests, marked beneath stand and pots, covers unmarked, with scratchweight '61=2'
13 5/8 in. (34.5 cm.) long
59 oz. 18 dwt. (1,863 gr.)
The arms are those of Dutton for James Lenox Dutton (formerly Naper) (1712/3-1776). He inherited the Dutton estates from his maternal uncle Sir John Dutton 2nd Bt. (1684-1743) and assumed the arms and name of Dutton. His son James Dutton (1744-1820) was created 1st Baron Sherborne in 1784.
Provenance
Supplied to James Lenox Dutton (1712/3-1776) by George Wickes and Samuel Netherton on 18 June 1752, 'To an inkstand 2 boxes and a bell 61[oz.] 2 [dwt] 9/1[gr.] [£]27 4[s] 9[d] / To graving 1 coat and 3 crests 5[s] / To a red leather case and a rough box [£]1 15[s] '.
Literature
George Wickes and Samuel Netherton's Gentleman's Ledger, 1752, folio 81.
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