A GEORGE II SILVER SALVER

MARK OF ROBERT ABERCROMBY, LONDON, 1737

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A GEORGE II SILVER SALVER
MARK OF ROBERT ABERCROMBY, LONDON, 1737
Shaped circular with pie-crust border, engraved with a coat-of-arms and flanked by putti within an elaborate engraved cartouche, incorporating two putti, one holding a bow and arrow, the other a flaming torch, emblematic of love, on four short shell-cast feet, the back engraved with an inscription and a coat of arms, marked underneath
19 5/8 in. (50 cm.) diameter
112 oz 6 dwt. (3,493 gr.)
The arms are those of Lee quartering Warney, Whetenham and Howe impaline Milles, for Henry Lee Warner (1688-1760), of Walsingham Abbey, Norfolk and his wife Mary, daughter of Samuel Milles M.P. of Nackington, whom he married in 1721,

The inscription reads 'This w.th a Coffee Pott left me as a Legacy by/ Mr. Serjant Baynes ob.26 Feb. 1736 at. 59'.

Provenance

Purchased with a legacy from Henry Baynes (d. 1737) of Havering, Essex, Serjeant at Law, bequeathed to,
Henry Lee Warner (1688-1760), of Walsingham Abbey, Norfolk, by descent to,
Chandos Brydges Lee Warner (1863-1944), of Walsingham Abbey, later of Tyberton Court, Herefordshire,
Major C. B. Lee Warner; sold Christie's, London, 30 November 1921, lot 81 (£118 to Willson).
Acquired from Axel Vervoordt N. V., ‘S-Gravenwezel, Belgium, 1999.

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Lot Essay

Henry Baynes' will, dated 11 September 1734 and proved on 6 April 1717, reads 'I give to my much respected relations Mr Justice Comyns and Lee Warner Esq. ten pounds for mourning and fifty pounds apiece to buy rings...' It would appear Mr. Lee Warner preferred to commemorate his relation with a piece of plate rather than the usual mourning ring. Mr Justice Comyns is presumably the judge and M.P. Sir John Comyns (c.1667-1740).

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