A GEORGE III AND GEORGE IV SILVER PART DINNER SERVICE
09.04.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
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Event location | United Kingdom, London |
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ID 1400533
Lot 440 | A GEORGE III AND GEORGE IV SILVER PART DINNER SERVICE
Estimate value
18000GBP £ 18 000 – 22 000
Eleven meat dishes in sizes, each shaped oval with gadrooned borders:
Two pairs of dish covers, shaped oval with gadrooned band and stylised shell motif, the finial shaped as a pomegranate on leafy terrace.:
Two mazarines, oval pierced with central panels of diaperwork and quatrefoil framed by scrolling foliage:
The dishes engraved with the arms of Dutton impaling Bond and with the Dutton crest, the covers engraved with the Dutton arms impaling Legge with baron's coronet above, marked underneath, on sides and on nuts, the dishes further engraved with scratch weights No 9 21=2, No 10 20=19, No 11 20=17, No 12 21=0½, No 21 30=7, No 22 30=3, No. 27 38=11, No 28 38=17, No 29 55=3, No 30 60=12 and No 31 73:18; the mazarines with 25:9 and 21:8
the dishes: one 22 in. (56 cm.); one 191/4 in. (49 cm.), one 181/2 in. (47 cm.); two 163/4 in. (42.5 cm.); two 143/4 in. (37.5 cm.) and four 123/4 in. (32.5 cm.) long.
the dish covers: two 115/8 in. (30 cm. and two 153/4 in. (40 cm.) long
the mazarines: 151/2 in. (39.4 cm.) and 161/4 in. (41.5 cm.) long
659 oz. 3 dwt. (20,503 gr.)
The arms on the dishes are those of Dutton impaling Bond, for James Lenox Dutton (c.1713-1776) of Sherborne Park, Gloucestershire and his second wife Jane (c.1712-1776), daughter of Christopher Bond (1682-1739), whom he married in 1743.
The arms on the covers are those of Dutton with Legge in pretence, for John Dutton, 2nd Baron Sherborne (1779-1862) of Sherborne Park, Gloucestershire and his wife the Hon. Mary Bilson-Legge (1788-1864), only child and heiress of Henry Bilson-Legge, 2nd Baron Stawell of Somerton, whom he married in 1803.
Artist: | Augustin Lesage (1876 - 1954) Paul Storr (1770 - 1844) |
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Medium: | Silver |
Category: | Dishes and trays |
Auction house category: | Plates & Dishes |
Artist: | Augustin Lesage (1876 - 1954) Paul Storr (1770 - 1844) |
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Medium: | Silver |
Category: | Dishes and trays |
Auction house category: | Plates & Dishes |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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