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MARK OF JOHN EDWARD TERRY, LONDON, 1821
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SIR HENRY WATKIN WILLIAMS WYNN'S AMBASSADORIAL TUREEN
A GEORGE IV SILVER SOUP TUREEN AND COVER
MARK OF JOHN EDWARD TERRY, LONDON, 1821
Circular and on four cast scroll, leaf and shell feet with leaf terminals, the body part-fluted and with two reeded leaf-capped handles, the conforming cover with a lion's mask and leaf handle, engraved on one side with the Royal arms and on the other with a coat-of-arms, marked underneath, inside cover and on finial, with a later plated liner
14 7/8 in. (37.6 cm.) wide over handles
141 oz. (4,380 gr.)
The arms are those of Wynn quartering Williams and others with a cadency mark of a mullet for third son, for Sir Henry Watkin Williams-Wynn G.C.H., K.C.B. (1783-1856), son of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn 4th Bt.
A GEORGE IV SILVER SOUP TUREEN AND COVER
MARK OF JOHN EDWARD TERRY, LONDON, 1821
Circular and on four cast scroll, leaf and shell feet with leaf terminals, the body part-fluted and with two reeded leaf-capped handles, the conforming cover with a lion's mask and leaf handle, engraved on one side with the Royal arms and on the other with a coat-of-arms, marked underneath, inside cover and on finial, with a later plated liner
14 7/8 in. (37.6 cm.) wide over handles
141 oz. (4,380 gr.)
The arms are those of Wynn quartering Williams and others with a cadency mark of a mullet for third son, for Sir Henry Watkin Williams-Wynn G.C.H., K.C.B. (1783-1856), son of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn 4th Bt.
Provenance
Ambassadorial Plate for the use of Sir Henry Watkin Williams-Wynn, almost certainly as envoy-extraordinary and minister-plenipotentiary to Switzerland in February 1822.
Special notice
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