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MARK OF PETER ARCHAMBO AND PETER MEURE, LONDON, 1752 AND 1753
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TWO PAIRS OF GEORGE II SILVER MEAT-DISHES
MARK OF PETER ARCHAMBO AND PETER MEURE, LONDON, 1752 AND 1753
Each shaped oval and with gadrooned border with shell ends, engraved with a coat-of-arms below a viscount's coronet, marked underneath, the smaller dishes engraved underneath with scratch weights '51:12' and '50:13 ½'
21 1/8 in. (53.5 cm.) wide and 19 1/8 in. (48.5 cm.) wide
217 oz. 1 dwt. (6,768 gr.)
The arms are those of Conyngham quartering Williams with Merretto in pretence, for Henry Conyngham, 1st Baron and 1st Viscount Conyngham, later Earl Conyngham (1705-1781) and his wife Ellen (d. 1816), only daughter and heir of Samuel Merretto, whom he married in 1744.
MARK OF PETER ARCHAMBO AND PETER MEURE, LONDON, 1752 AND 1753
Each shaped oval and with gadrooned border with shell ends, engraved with a coat-of-arms below a viscount's coronet, marked underneath, the smaller dishes engraved underneath with scratch weights '51:12' and '50:13 ½'
21 1/8 in. (53.5 cm.) wide and 19 1/8 in. (48.5 cm.) wide
217 oz. 1 dwt. (6,768 gr.)
The arms are those of Conyngham quartering Williams with Merretto in pretence, for Henry Conyngham, 1st Baron and 1st Viscount Conyngham, later Earl Conyngham (1705-1781) and his wife Ellen (d. 1816), only daughter and heir of Samuel Merretto, whom he married in 1744.
Provenance
Henry Conyngham, 1st Baron and 1st Viscount Conyngham, later Earl Conyngham (1705-1781), and then by descent to his nephew
Francis Pierpont Burton Conyngham, 2nd Baron Conyngham (c.1725-1787), and then by descent to his son
Henry, 3rd Baron and 1st Marquess Conyngham (1766-1832), and then by descent to
Victor George Henry Francis, 5th Marquess of Conyngham, deceased, now sold by Order of the Trustees; Christie's, London, 10 February 1938, lot 29, (part, £126 to Nield).
Francis Pierpont Burton Conyngham, 2nd Baron Conyngham (c.1725-1787), and then by descent to his son
Henry, 3rd Baron and 1st Marquess Conyngham (1766-1832), and then by descent to
Victor George Henry Francis, 5th Marquess of Conyngham, deceased, now sold by Order of the Trustees; Christie's, London, 10 February 1938, lot 29, (part, £126 to Nield).
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Giles Forster