MARK OF PETER ARCHAMBO, LONDON, 1728

Details

A PAIR OF GEORGE I SILVER SAUCEBOATS
MARK OF PETER ARCHAMBO, LONDON, 1728
Each shaped oblong and double-lipped, on reeded foot and with moulded central rib and shaped reeded borders, with two double scroll handles with foliate terminals, each engraved with a coat-of-arms within strapwork and shell mantling, each marked underneath
8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm.) long
45 oz. (1,412 gr.)
The arms are those of Handasyde impaling Thornicroft, for Roger Peter Handasyde (b.c.1684-1763) M.P. of Gaines, co. Huntingdon and his wife Elisabeth (1689-1773), daughter of Sir John Thornicroft 1st Bt. (d.1725) of Milcombe, co. Oxford, whom he married on 2 February 1709.

Provenance

General Roger Handasyde (c.1684-1763).
Oliver May; Christie's, London, 27 June 1973, lot 33.
A European Collector; Christie's, London, 5 July 2005, lot 32.

Literature

J. Herbert ed., Christie's Review of the Season, London, 1973, p. 231.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

ROGER HANDASYDE
Roger Handasyde (c.1684-1763) was the son of Major General Thomas Handasyde, Governor of Jamaica. He was Colonel of a Regiment of Foot in the King's Army and later General. He succeeded to Gaines Park estate on the death of his father in 1729. Although he is spoken of as having been one of the longest serving officers of the 18th century he saw little military action. His early years were spent with his father in Jamaica. During the Jacobite rising of 1745, he replaced Sir John Cope as Commander-in-Chief in Scotland following the Battle of Prestonpans, however, he was soon replaced in the role by Henry Hawley.

During his parliamentary career he sat as Whig and was a supporter of Walpole. He was returned unopposed for the seat of Huntingdon in 1722. He lost the seat in 1741 but was returned as member for Scarborough in 1747. He retired from Parliament in 1764 dying at his house in London in Hanover Square in 1763.

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