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MARK OF DAVID WILLAUME, LONDON, 1729
Details
A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER-GILT WAITERS
MARK OF DAVID WILLAUME, LONDON, 1729
Each shaped square on four bracket feet and with gadrooned borders, engraved with a band of Régence strapwork and cartouches with shells or putto masks, engraved with a coat-of-arms beneath a viscount's coronet, marked underneath and further engraved with scratchweights 25=17 and 26=8
9 7⁄8 in. (26.8 cm.) wide
51 oz. 13 dwt. (1,606 gr.)
The arms are those of Blundell quartering Chetwynd, for Sir Montague Blundell, 4th Bt. (1689-1756), and his wife Mary, daughter of John Chetwynd of Grendon, co. Warwick, whom he married in 1709.
Please note that 100% of the hammer proceeds from this auction will be paid to the Sandys Trust, registered charity number: 1168357, with the exception of limited deductions towards sale costs across the auction which cannot be accurately calculated at this time, capped at a total of £10,000.
MARK OF DAVID WILLAUME, LONDON, 1729
Each shaped square on four bracket feet and with gadrooned borders, engraved with a band of Régence strapwork and cartouches with shells or putto masks, engraved with a coat-of-arms beneath a viscount's coronet, marked underneath and further engraved with scratchweights 25=17 and 26=8
9 7⁄8 in. (26.8 cm.) wide
51 oz. 13 dwt. (1,606 gr.)
The arms are those of Blundell quartering Chetwynd, for Sir Montague Blundell, 4th Bt. (1689-1756), and his wife Mary, daughter of John Chetwynd of Grendon, co. Warwick, whom he married in 1709.
Please note that 100% of the hammer proceeds from this auction will be paid to the Sandys Trust, registered charity number: 1168357, with the exception of limited deductions towards sale costs across the auction which cannot be accurately calculated at this time, capped at a total of £10,000.
Provenance
Sir Montague Blundell, 4th Bt. (1689-1756), then by descent to his niece,
Mary Hill, Marchioness of Downshire and Baroness Sandys in her own right (1764-1836), who married Arthur Hill, 2nd Marquess of Downshire (1757-1801), then by descent to their second son,
Arthur Moses William Hill, 2nd Baron Sandys of 2nd creation (1792-1860), then by descent.
Mary Hill, Marchioness of Downshire and Baroness Sandys in her own right (1764-1836), who married Arthur Hill, 2nd Marquess of Downshire (1757-1801), then by descent to their second son,
Arthur Moses William Hill, 2nd Baron Sandys of 2nd creation (1792-1860), then by descent.
