Sale 6910
London
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15 June 2004
Price realised
GBP 29,875
Estimate
A pair of George III silver wine-coolers Mark of Charles Aldridge and Henry Green, London, 1784 Each bucket-form with raised bands and two plain bracket handles, the sides engraved with a coats-of-arms with marquess' coronet above and later with a further coat-of-arms, marked on base 8 1/8in. (20.5cm.) high 93oz. (2,894gr.) The arms are those of Grenville quartering Leofric, Temple and Nugent, for George, 1st Marquess of Buckingham (1753-1813). (2)
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