A GEORGE III SILVER BASKET

Lot 131
18.04.2023 13:00UTC +00:00
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£ 5 670
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 936072
Lot 131 | A GEORGE III SILVER BASKET
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 7 000
Circular on flat base chased with stiff leaves, with openwork reeded basket weave sides and basket weave rim, rope-twist swing handle, the centre engraved with a coat-of-arms beneath earl's coronet, marked on base and swing handle, also engraved with scratchweight 51=8
11 in. (27.8 cm.) diameter
50 oz. 12 dwt. (1,575 gr.)
The arms are those of Poulett impaling Pocock, for John Poulett, 4th Earl Poulett K.T. (1756-1819) and his first wife Sophia Pocock, daughter of Admiral Sir George Pocock, whom he married in 1782. He succeeded his father in 1788.
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