A GEORGE II SILVER WAITER
A GEORGE II SILVER WAITER

MARK OF ROBERT ABERCROMBIE, LONDON, 1732

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A GEORGE II SILVER WAITER
MARK OF ROBERT ABERCROMBIE, LONDON, 1732
Shaped square and on four hoof feet, engraved with a coat-of-arms, the underneath with initials 'M.T', marked underneath
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) square
10 oz. (311 gr.)
The arms are those of Meux quartering others impaling Bruce quartering Brudenell, for Sir Henry Meux, 2nd Bt. (1817-1883) and his wife Lady Louisa Caroline Brudenell-Bruce, daughter of Ernest, 3rd Marquess of Ailesbury (1811-1886), whom he married in 1856. Sir Henry was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. He was head of the London brewery company Meux and Coand a Member of Parliament.

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