ID 1071227
Lot 118 | A COMPOSITE SUITE OF FIVE GEORGE II SILVER WAITERS
Estimate value
£ 7 000 – 10 000
TWO WITH MARK OF JOHN TUITE, LONDON, 1726 AND 1727; THREE WITH MARK OF GEORGE WICKES, LONDON, TWO 1744 AND ONE 1746
In three sizes, each square shaped, on four scroll feet and with gadrooned border, engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked underneath, the three largest further engraved with scratchweights 26:11 / 29:6 and 41:3
2 - 6 1⁄8 in. (15.5 cm.), 2 - 9 7⁄8 in. (25 cm.) and 1 - 11 ¼ in. (28 cm.) wide
108 oz. 7 dwt. (3,371 gr.)
The arms are those of Sandys with a label of cadency quartering others impaling Colebrooke, for Edwin Sandys, 2nd Baron Sandys (1726-1797), and his wife Anna Maria (d. 1806), daughter of James Colebrooke (1680-1752), whom he married in 1769.
Provenance
Edwin Sandys, later 2nd Baron Sandys (1726-1797), then by descent.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Dishes and trays |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Plates & Dishes |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Dishes and trays |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Plates & Dishes |
| Address of auction |
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