A GEORGE III SILVER TWO-HANDLED FOOTED TRAY

MARK OF JOHN CROUCH II, LONDON, 1809

Details

A GEORGE III SILVER TWO-HANDLED FOOTED TRAY
MARK OF JOHN CROUCH II, LONDON, 1809
Oval, the gadrooned rim with shells, oak leaves, and acorns at intervals, the center chased with rings of scrolling foliage and flowers centering a later coat-of-arms and a crest, with two gadrooned handles springing from foliage and centered by shells, raised on four scrolled bracket feet, marked on underside
30 5/8 in. (77.8 cm.) long, over handles
185 oz. 18 dwt. (5,781 gr.)

Provenance

Sir John Ennis, 1st Baronet (1800-1878).
Anonymous sale; William Doyle Galleries, New York, 21 January 1987, lot 489.

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Lot Essay

The arms are those of Ennis quartering Henry for Sir John Ennis, 1st Baronet (1800-1878) of Ballynahown Court, County Westmeath, Ireland, and his wife Anna Maria Henry, daughter of David Henry of Dublin, whom he married in 1834. Ennis served as Member of Parliament for Athlone for the Irish Independent Party from 1857 to 1859, then was re-elected as a liberal from 1859 to 1865.

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