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MARK OF THOMAS HEMING, LONDON, 1778
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MARK OF THOMAS HEMING, LONDON, 1778
Shaped oval, with beaded borders, partly fluted and with laurel foliate and bud finial, engraved with two coats-of-arms accolé below viscount’s coronet, marked on border
17 in. (43 cm.) wide
122 oz. 4 dwt. (3,801 gr.)
The arms are those of Murray quartering Barclay of Balvaird, within the motto of the Order of the Thistle accolé with Cathcart quartering Wallace of Sundrum, for David, 7th Viscount Stormont K.T. (1727-1796), and his second wife, Louisa (b.c.1758-1843), daughter of Charles, 9th Lord Cathcart (1721-1776), whom he married in 1776.
MARK OF THOMAS HEMING, LONDON, 1778
Shaped oval, with beaded borders, partly fluted and with laurel foliate and bud finial, engraved with two coats-of-arms accolé below viscount’s coronet, marked on border
17 in. (43 cm.) wide
122 oz. 4 dwt. (3,801 gr.)
The arms are those of Murray quartering Barclay of Balvaird, within the motto of the Order of the Thistle accolé with Cathcart quartering Wallace of Sundrum, for David, 7th Viscount Stormont K.T. (1727-1796), and his second wife, Louisa (b.c.1758-1843), daughter of Charles, 9th Lord Cathcart (1721-1776), whom he married in 1776.
Provenance
David, 7th Viscount Stormont K.T. (1727-1796), then by descent.
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