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    • A GEORGE I SILVER SIDEBOARD-DI
    Lot 772

    A GEORGE I SILVER SIDEBOARD-DISH

    MARK OF LOUIS METTAYER, LONDON, 1720, BRITANNIA STANDARD

    Price realised

    GBP 34,850

    Estimate

    GBP 30,000 - GBP 50,000

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    A GEORGE I SILVER SIDEBOARD-DISH
    MARK OF LOUIS METTAYER, LONDON, 1720, BRITANNIA STANDARD
    Shaped circular, the broad border applied with lambrequins and stylised strapwork on a matted ground, engraved with a crest, marked near rim, further engraved underneath with a scratchweight '235=5'
    27 in. (68.5 cm.) diam.
    234 oz. (7,272 gr.)
    The crest is that of Thomas Meux, Esq. of Stoughton Manor. Meux married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Massingbred, Bt., of Gunby, co. Lincoln. He died in 1719 and his wife's brother William became 2nd Baronet, dying in 1723 at which time the title became extinct.

    Provenance

    with Crichton, 1929.
    The Executors of the late Viscount Kelmsley; Christie's, London, 26 November 1975, lot 159.

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, 1989, p. 86.


    Exhibited

    London, 25 Park Lane, London, W.1., Loan Exhibition of Old English Plate, 1929, no. 191.
    London, Christie's, The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, 1989, no. 59.


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    THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

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