Lot Essay
Wood was Colonel of the Royal East Middlesex Militia and A.D.C. to Queen Victoria. Educated at Harrow and Oriel College Oxford, he served as M.P. for Breconshire from 1806 until 1847.
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MARK OF DIGBY SCOTT AND BENJAMIN SMITH, LONDON, 1803; THE HANDLES WITH MARK OF PAUL STORR
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER ENTREE-DISHES AND COVERS
MARK OF DIGBY SCOTT AND BENJAMIN SMITH, LONDON, 1803; THE HANDLES WITH MARK OF PAUL STORR
Cushion shaped with gadrooned border and detachable branch ring handle, engraved on covers with a coat-of-arms and a crest, marked on bodies, covers and handle
10 ½ in. (26.7 cm.) wide
116 oz. 6 dwt. (3,618 gr.)
The arms are those of Wood quartering Clopton, Hilton, Bridger, Williams of Elham, Williams of Gwernyfed, Le Heup and others, impaling Stewart, for Colonel Thomas Wood (1771-1860) M.P. of Littleton Park, Staines and Gwernyfed Park, co. Brecon, and his first wife, Lady Caroline Stewart (d.1865), daughter of Robert, 1st Marquess of Londonderry, whom he married in 1801.
MARK OF DIGBY SCOTT AND BENJAMIN SMITH, LONDON, 1803; THE HANDLES WITH MARK OF PAUL STORR
Cushion shaped with gadrooned border and detachable branch ring handle, engraved on covers with a coat-of-arms and a crest, marked on bodies, covers and handle
10 ½ in. (26.7 cm.) wide
116 oz. 6 dwt. (3,618 gr.)
The arms are those of Wood quartering Clopton, Hilton, Bridger, Williams of Elham, Williams of Gwernyfed, Le Heup and others, impaling Stewart, for Colonel Thomas Wood (1771-1860) M.P. of Littleton Park, Staines and Gwernyfed Park, co. Brecon, and his first wife, Lady Caroline Stewart (d.1865), daughter of Robert, 1st Marquess of Londonderry, whom he married in 1801.
Provenance
Property from the Estate of Anita O'Keeffe Young, Sotheby's, New York, 10 October 1985, lot 358.