MOSTLY MARK OF THOMAS ROBINS, LONDON, 1817

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SILVER FROM THE LANGSTON DINNER-SERVICE
A GEORGE III SILVER PART DINNER-SERVICE
MOSTLY MARK OF THOMAS ROBINS, LONDON, 1817
Each piece with shell, foliate and gadroon borders, variously engraved with coat-of-arms, comprising:
an entree-dish and cover
a sauce-tureen and cover
two salt-cellars
a wine-coaster
a meat-dish with an Old-Sheffield Plate meat-dish cover
a vegetable dish with an Old-Sheffield Plate dish-cover
a waiter
a butter-dish and cover
a part dessert service, King's Pattern, comprising: five dessert forks, four dessert spoons, five dessert knives and two serving spoons
The meat-dish, 17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm.) long
weighable silver 314 oz. (9,767 gr.)
The arms are James Langston (1797-1863), Sarsden, Oxford.

Provenance

James Haughton Langston (1797-1863) of Sarsden, co. Oxford.

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Lot Essay

James Haughton Langston (1797-1863) was the son of John Langston of Sarsden House, Oxfordshire. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. In 1812, while he was still at school, he succeeded his father and inherited the Sarsden estate. He came of age in 1818, taking possession of a handsome inheritance (his father's personal estate had been sworn under £250,000 after his death), and ordering himself a silver dinner-service. He married Hon. Julia Moreton, the daughter of Thomas Reynolds Moreton, 4th Baron Ducie and they had one daughter, Julia.

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