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MARK OF ANNE TANQUERAY, LONDON, 1728
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A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER TAZZE FROM THE SPEAKER SMITH SERVICE
MARK OF ANNE TANQUERAY, LONDON, 1728
Each circular with gadrooned border, on baluster gadrooned foot with applied cut-card foliage, engraved with the Royal arms within the Garter motto and below the Royal crown, flanked by the initials 'AR', each marked underneath and on one foot
7 1/4 in. (18.3 cm.) diam.
28 oz. 7 dwt. (882 gr.)
The arms are those of Queen Anne (r.1702-1714).
MARK OF ANNE TANQUERAY, LONDON, 1728
Each circular with gadrooned border, on baluster gadrooned foot with applied cut-card foliage, engraved with the Royal arms within the Garter motto and below the Royal crown, flanked by the initials 'AR', each marked underneath and on one foot
7 1/4 in. (18.3 cm.) diam.
28 oz. 7 dwt. (882 gr.)
The arms are those of Queen Anne (r.1702-1714).
Provenance
Captain William Smith (d.1773), son of John Smith (1655-1723), Speaker of the House of Commons, then by descent to his nephew
Thomas Assheton Smith (1725-1774), who assumed the additional name of Smith in 1774 following the death of his maternal uncle, William Smith in 1773 and then by descent, father to son, until his grandson's widow, who bequeathed 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 115.
Thomas Assheton Smith (1725-1774), who assumed the additional name of Smith in 1774 following the death of his maternal uncle, William Smith in 1773 and then by descent, father to son, until his grandson's widow, who bequeathed 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 115.
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