A GEORGE II SILVER SALVER OR KETTLE-STAND

Lot 182
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Lot 182 | A GEORGE II SILVER SALVER OR KETTLE-STAND
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£ 2 000 – 3 000
A GEORGE II SILVER SALVER OR KETTLE-STAND

MARK OF PETER ARCHAMBO, LONDON, 1731

Plain circular and on three scroll feet, with fluted rim, the centre engraved with a coat-of-arms with a baroque shell, scroll and brickwork cartouche, flat-chased with a border of shells, scrolls, strapwork and diaperwork, enclosing two crests and two 'SD' cyphers, marked on reverse and with scratchweight 30=6

11 in. (27.9 cm.) diameter

29 oz. (903 gr.)

The arms are those of Downes with Tully in pretence for Stephen Downes (d. 1755), Registrar of Middlesex and Clerk of Enrollments in the Court of Chancery, and his wife Charlotte, the daughter and co-heir of James Tully Esq. of Charterhouse Square, London. Her sister and co-heir Sarah married Sir Richard Hoare, the banker and Lord Mayor of London, in 1732.





Provenance

Stephen Downes (d. 1755), of Hampton Court, co. Middlesex, bequeathed in his will to his elder daughter,

Charlotte Downes (1744-1832).

A Gentleman; Sotheby's, London, 23 February 1967, lot 127 (£480).

With Partridge Fine Art Ltd, London.



Literature

The Will of Stephen Downes of Hampton Court, Public Record Office Mss. PROB 11/817/293, dated 6 November 1752, proved on 20 August 1755, 'I give my daughter Charlotte my silver tea kettle and lamp and my salver commonly used therewith to be delivered to her by my executors'.
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