A GEORGE I SILVER SALVER

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£ 15 000
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07.07.2023 11:00UTC +01:00
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ID 992681
Lot 173 | A GEORGE I SILVER SALVER
A GEORGE I SILVER SALVER

MARK OF BENJAMIN PYNE, LONDON, 1718, BRITANNIA STANDARD

Plain octafoil, on eight bracket feet, the centre slightly later engraved with a coat-of-arms within a rococo cartouche, engraved on the reverse with a presentation inscription, marked underneath

151/2 in. (39.4 cm.) diameter

56 oz. 14 dwt. (1,765 gr.)

The inscription reads: 'This Legacy was given by the Hon.ble William Maynards who Dy'd the 7 March 1716/15'.



William Maynard (b.c.1666-1716) was the first son of Banaster Maynard, 3rd Baron Maynard (b.c.1642-1718) and his wife Lady Elizabeth Grey, daughter of Henry, 10th Earl of Kent (1594-1651). His will dated the 13 March 1715 leaves bequests of £20 to his brothers and sisters 'to buy rings or what else they think fitt [sic.] to keep in remembrance of me...'



The arms are those of Battell impaling Davies of Hope, co. Montgomery.





Provenance

The legacy of the Hon. William Maynard (b.c.1666-1717).

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 12 July 1989, lot 196.

The Executors of the late Sybil Beatrice Spencer; Christie's, London, 12 July 1995, lot 130.



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