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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
A LARGE VICTORIAN SILVER SALVER
MARK OF MORTIMER & HUNT, LONDON, 1839
Details
A LARGE VICTORIAN SILVER SALVER
MARK OF MORTIMER & HUNT, LONDON, 1839
Raised on four scroll feet, the center engraved with coat-of-arms and earl's coronet, marked underneath and stamped MORTIMER & HUNT III
28¼ in. (70.6 cm.) diam.; 225 oz. 10 dwt. (7,027 gr.)
The arms of those of George Charles, 3rd Earl of Lucan (1800-1888), who married, in 1829, Anne, daughter of the 6th Earl of Cardigan. He is noted for supporting the admission of Jews to Parliament, thus Lionel Nathan Rothschild was sworn into the House of Commons in 1855.
MARK OF MORTIMER & HUNT, LONDON, 1839
Raised on four scroll feet, the center engraved with coat-of-arms and earl's coronet, marked underneath and stamped MORTIMER & HUNT III
28¼ in. (70.6 cm.) diam.; 225 oz. 10 dwt. (7,027 gr.)
The arms of those of George Charles, 3rd Earl of Lucan (1800-1888), who married, in 1829, Anne, daughter of the 6th Earl of Cardigan. He is noted for supporting the admission of Jews to Parliament, thus Lionel Nathan Rothschild was sworn into the House of Commons in 1855.
Provenance
Anonymous Sale; Christie's, New York, 23 May 2007, lot 114
A Taste for Luxury: Two Great Houses from the Gilded Age; Christie's, New York, 21 June 2012, lot 1103
A Taste for Luxury: Two Great Houses from the Gilded Age; Christie's, New York, 21 June 2012, lot 1103