MARK OF ANDREW FOGELBERG AND STEPHEN GILBERT, LONDON, 1792

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER-GILT GOBLETS
MARK OF ANDREW FOGELBERG AND STEPHEN GILBERT, LONDON, 1792
In the Adam style, vase-shaped on spreading circular foot chased with a band of stiff leaf foliage, with radiating palmette, above the lower body chased with flutes below an applied Vitruvian scroll and honeysuckle border, applied above with floral garlands hung from paterae, marked on bases
8 1/8 in. (20.5 cm.) high
26 oz. 10 dwt. (824 gr.)
As detailed by the inscription on the cup and cover, this and the following lot, en suite with the goblets, were both the gift of Sir John Callander (1739-1812), of Westertown and David Callander (1742-1798) the brothers of Alexander Callander (1741-1792) of Crichton and Prestonhall to George Paterson (1734-1817) of Castle Huntley.

Provenance

Presented to George Paterson (1734-1817), of Castle Huntley, Forfars, by Sir John Callander (1739-1812), of Westertown and David Callander (1742-1798) the brothers of Alexander Callander (1741-1792) of Crichton and Prestonhall.
A Florida Collector; Christie's, New York, 18 April 1991, lot 370.

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.

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Lot Essay

GEORGE PATERSON
George Paterson studied medicine at Edinburgh, London and Leiden, Holland and served as an army surgeon from 1762 until 1764. He went to India in 1771 as Secretary to Sir Robert Harland (1715-1784). He returned to Scotland having amassed a fortune. His diaries are held by the British Library. He was a member of the Military Hospital Society, a London dining club from the 1760s, the minute book of which is preserved in the Wellcome Collection, London. Its members were army physicians and surgeons prominent at the time of the Seven Years War.

JOHN CALLANDER
John Callander was originally from Westerton, Stirling. He served in the East India Company in Bombay for twenty-five years. On his return to Scotland, he invested in East India Company stock and purchased extensive landed estates near Edinburgh and Haddington. By 1789, he was estimated to be worth £6,000 a year. With the support of Henry Dundas Callander he ran for Aberdeen Burghs in 1789, however, Callander's political ambitions were cut short by severe illness, and he died in 1792.

George Paterson of Castle Huntly, by Henry Raeburn (1756-1823). © Dundee Art Galleries and Museums / Bridgeman Images

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