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MARK OF ROBERT SHARP, LONDON, 1789
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A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER ENTREE-DISHES AND COVERS
MARK OF ROBERT SHARP, LONDON, 1789
Elongated octagonal and with gadrooned border, the domed covers with reeded loop handle, engraved on each side of the cover and inside the dish with a coat-of-arms below a baron's coronet, marked on dish and inside cover further engraved with a number on each piece and a number and scratch weight 'No. 1 41"14'; 'No. 2 42"5'; 'No. 3 43"2' and 'No. 4 43"10'
10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) wide
157 oz. 8 dwt. (4,897 gr.)
The arms are those of Smith quartering Carrington for Robert John Smith, later Carrington, 2nd Baron Carrington of Upton, Nottinghamshire. He succeeded to the title on the death of his father in 1838. Educated at Christ's College, Cambridge. He was M.P. for Wendover from 1818 to 1820 then Bucks from 1820 to 1831 and finally for High Wycombe from 1831 to 1838.
MARK OF ROBERT SHARP, LONDON, 1789
Elongated octagonal and with gadrooned border, the domed covers with reeded loop handle, engraved on each side of the cover and inside the dish with a coat-of-arms below a baron's coronet, marked on dish and inside cover further engraved with a number on each piece and a number and scratch weight 'No. 1 41"14'; 'No. 2 42"5'; 'No. 3 43"2' and 'No. 4 43"10'
10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) wide
157 oz. 8 dwt. (4,897 gr.)
The arms are those of Smith quartering Carrington for Robert John Smith, later Carrington, 2nd Baron Carrington of Upton, Nottinghamshire. He succeeded to the title on the death of his father in 1838. Educated at Christ's College, Cambridge. He was M.P. for Wendover from 1818 to 1820 then Bucks from 1820 to 1831 and finally for High Wycombe from 1831 to 1838.
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 2 November 2011, lot 443.
Acquired from Honourable Silver Objects, Antwerp, 2012.
Acquired from Honourable Silver Objects, Antwerp, 2012.
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