MARK OF WILLIAM BURWASH, LONDON, 1812

Details

A PAIR OF REGENCY SILVER SALVERS
MARK OF WILLIAM BURWASH, LONDON, 1812
Each shaped oval on four large paw feet with winged cartouche terminal, the rim cast and chased with swirling gardrooned and shell motifs, engraved in centre with a large coat-of-arms below a crest and above a motto, marked underneath
16 in. (40.7 cm.) long
122 oz. 8 dwt. (3,807gr.)
The arms of those of Coote, for Sir Charles Henry Coote, 9th Bt. (1792-1864).

Provenance

Sir Charles Henry Coote, 9th Bt. (1792-1864), and then by descent to,
Sir Algernon Charles Plumptre Coote, 12th Bt. (1847-1920); Christie's, London, 10 December 1896, lot 46 (£33 to Lyon).
Mrs. Perkins Oglesby; Christie's, New York, 27 October 1992, lot 219.

Special notice

This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

Sir Charles Henry Coote, 9th Bt. (1792-1864), was the son of Chidley Coote (d.1799) and his wife Elizabeth Anne. Between 1821 and 1824 Sir Charles built Ballyfin House, Mountrath, replacing a house built in 1778 by the 3rd Earl of Mornington, brother of the Duke of Wellington. The house was described as the grandest and most lavishly appointed early 19th century classical house in Ireland with an interior decorated with rich plasterwork and scagliola columns. These lots form a small portion of a vast service dating from 1812 which included a massive pair of candelabra by Benjamin Smith (Lyon and Turnbull, London, 23 November 2008, lot 158), sets of dinner and soup plates (Christie's, New York, 19 October 1981, lots 110 and 111; also Christie's, London, 3 June 2015, lot 617), a pair of chamber candlesticks by Story and Elliott (Christie's, New York, 30 October 1991, lot 166) and a Smith tea urn (Christie's, New York, 17 October 2017, lot 104).

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