A GEORGE II SILVER SALVER

Lot 109
07.07.2023 11:00UTC +00:00
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ID 992606
Lot 109 | A GEORGE II SILVER SALVER
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 30 000
A GEORGE II SILVER SALVER

MARK OF CHARLES FREDERICK KANDLER, LONDON, 1755

Shaped square on four foliate scroll feet, the stepped moulded border with foliate shells motifs, the field flat-chased with scrolls and rocaille enclosing panels of flowers and scalework on a matted ground, engraved in the centre with a coat-of-arms with marquess' coronet above, marked on reverse, also numbered 1 and with scratch weight 100=0

16 3/4 in. (42.5 cm.) square

97 oz. 8 dwt. (3,030 gr.)

The arms are those of Wentworth quartering Watson with Bright in pretence, for Charles, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham K.G. (1730-1782) and his wife Mary (1735-1804), daughter and heiress of Thomas Bright of Badsworth, Yorkshire, whom he married in 1752.





Provenance

Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham K.G. (1730-1782), of Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire, then by descent to his nephew,

William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam, (1748-1833), of Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire, then by descent,

The Earl Fitzwilliam's Wentworth Estates Company, removed from Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire, Christie's, London, 9 June 1948, lot 131 (£270 to Gordon).

A West Coast Estate; Christie's, New York, 14 April 1994, lot 468.



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