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MARK OF JOHN HUNT AND CO., CALCUTTA, CIRCA 1815
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A SET OF FOUR INDIAN COLONIAL SILVER PIE-DISHES
MARK OF JOHN HUNT AND CO., CALCUTTA, CIRCA 1815
Each plain oval and with reeded border, engraved with a coat-of-arms below a baron's coronet, each marked underneath
13 5/8 in. (34.5 cm.) wide
89 oz. 14 dwt. (2,790 gr. )
The arms are those of Harbord quartering Morden with Hobart quartering another, probably Drury, in pretence for William, 2nd Baron Suffield (1766-1821) and his wife Lady Caroline Hobart (d.1850), daughter and eventual co-heir of John, 2nd Earl of Buckingham, whom he married in 1792. Lord Suffield succeeded his father in 1810.
MARK OF JOHN HUNT AND CO., CALCUTTA, CIRCA 1815
Each plain oval and with reeded border, engraved with a coat-of-arms below a baron's coronet, each marked underneath
13 5/8 in. (34.5 cm.) wide
89 oz. 14 dwt. (2,790 gr. )
The arms are those of Harbord quartering Morden with Hobart quartering another, probably Drury, in pretence for William, 2nd Baron Suffield (1766-1821) and his wife Lady Caroline Hobart (d.1850), daughter and eventual co-heir of John, 2nd Earl of Buckingham, whom he married in 1792. Lord Suffield succeeded his father in 1810.
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Doyle, New York, 25 January 2012, lot 332 (as Dutch).
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