ID 960822
Lot 61 | A GEORGE III SILVER MEAT DISH
Estimate value
£ 1 200 – 1 800
MARK OF RICHARD SIBLEY, LONDON, 1812
Shaped oval with gadrooned border, engraved with a coat-of-arms within foliate cartouche, the underside with an inscription, marked underneath
20 1/4 in. (51.5 cm.) long
68 oz. 15 dwt. (2,139 gr.)
The inscription reads 'BOUGHT WITH LEGACY BEQUEATHED TO JOHN HEATHCOTE ESQ.r BY SHUCKBURGH ASHBY APREECE ESQ.r'. Shuckburgh Ashby Apreece (1773–1807) was the son of Sir Thomas Hussey Apreece (1744-1833), 1st Baronet of Apreece of Washingley in the County of Huntingdon. Shuckburgh Ashby Apreece married Jane Kerr (1780-1855) who was a British heiress and socialite who, after Apreece's death, married Sir Humphry Davy, a British chemist and inventor.
The arms are those of Heathcote quartering Moyer impaling Thornhill, for John Heathcote M.P. (1767–1838), of Conington Castle, co. Huntingdon and his wife Mary Anne Thornhill (d.1854), the daughter of George Thornhill, whom he married in 1799. The sum of £100 was bequeathed to John Heathcote in grateful thanks by Shuckburgh Ashby Apreece (1773–1807) for his role as an executor of the latter's will proved on the 13 February 1808.
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.
Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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Medium: | Silver |
Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
Category: | Dishes and trays |
Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Plates & Dishes |
Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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Medium: | Silver |
Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
Category: | Dishes and trays |
Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Plates & Dishes |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase |
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