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A GEORGE II SILVER BOWL OR `MOUTH BASIN` FROM THE WARRINGTON PLATE

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£ 20 000
Auction dateClassic
07.07.2023 11:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
Event location
United Kingdom, London
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Lot 149 | A GEORGE II SILVER BOWL OR 'MOUTH BASIN' FROM THE WARRINGTON PLATE
A GEORGE II SILVER BOWL OR 'MOUTH BASIN' FROM THE WARRINGTON PLATE

MARK OF EDWARD FELINE, LONDON, 1749

Plain circular on foot-rim with everted rim engraved with a band of rococo scrolling foliage, shells and flowers interspersed with a coat-of-arms and earl's coronet and a monogram GW beneath an earl's coronet, marked underneath and engraved with scratchweight 16-18

7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) diameter

16 oz. 16 dwt. (523 gr.)

The arms are those of Booth, for George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington (1675-1758), of Dunham Massey, Cheshire.





Provenance

George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington (1675-1758), of Dunham Massey, Cheshire, by descent to his daughter,

Lady Mary Booth (1704-1772), wife of Harry Grey, 4th Earl of Stamford (1715-1768), by descent to their son,

George Harry Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford (1737-1819) and his wife Lady Henrietta Bentinck (1727-1837), by descent to,

Catherine, Lady Grey (d.1925) her son Sir John Foley-Grey 8th Bt. (1893-1938),

Catherine, Lady Grey and Sir John Foley-Grey; Christie's, London, 20 April 1921, lot 156 (set of six) to Webster.

Roger Grey (1896-1976), 10th Earl of Stamford or Mr. Frank Booth, 6 May 1921.

Sir Arthur Booth K.B.E. ; Christie's, London, 22 March 1948, lot 129, a set of four (£1,500 to Aff).

Neville Hamwee, Esq.; Christie's, London, 18 May 1966, lot 61.

With Daniel Packer, London, 29 December 2004.



Literature

George, 2nd Earl of Warrington, The Particulars of my Plate and its Weights, ms., 1750, folio 15.

J. E. Hayward, 'The Earl of Warrington's Plate', Apollo, July 1978, pp. 32-39 (this form).

J. Rothwell, 'A plethora of plates': The re-assembly of the Warrington silver at Dunham Massey, Cheshire', Apollo, April 2001, p. 34, fig. 10 (this form).

J. Lomax and J. Rothwell, Country House Silver from Dunham Massey, London, 2006, pp. 107, 113, n. 45 and p. 181.



Special notice

This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Artist:Edward Feline
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Silver
Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Category:Bowl
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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