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A GEORGE III SILVER PART TABLE SERVICE

Lot 87
29.11.2023 10:30UTC +00:00
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£ 4 032
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1071151
Lot 87 | A GEORGE III SILVER PART TABLE SERVICE
Estimate value
£ 2 000 – 3 000
A GEORGE III SILVER PART TABLE SERVICE

MARK OF ELEY, FEARN AND CHAWNER, LONDON, MOSTLY 1807

Fiddle and thread pattern, mostly engraved with a crest, comprising: twenty-nine table spoons; forty table forks, one with mark of Richard Whitford, Dublin, 1812, five with mark of William Eley and William Fearn, London, 1804; eighteen dessert spoons, fifteen with mark of George Adams, London, 1870; thirty dessert forks, thirteen with mark of George Adams, London, 1870; ten teaspoons, five with mark of Richard Crossley and George Smith IV, London, 1808; a fish knife, mark of William Eaton, London, 1838

273 oz. 13 dwt. (8,512 gr.)

The crest and motto on the majority is that of Oliver of Castle Oliver, co. Limerick, for Richard Oliver, later Oliver Gascoigne (1763-1843) of Parlington Hall, Yorkshire and Castle Oliver, co. Limerick.

The crest on the 1804 and 1812 table forks, and five 1808 teaspoons is that of Trench.

The two crests on 1870 dessert spoons and forks is that of Trench Gascoigne.





Provenance

Richard Philip Oliver, later Oliver Gascoigne (1763-1843) of Parlington Hall, Yorkshire and Castle Oliver, co. Limerick, then by descent to their daughter,

Mary Isabella Oliver Gascoigne (d.1891) who married Fredrick Charles Trench Gascoigne (1814-1905), by descent to,

Cynthia, Baroness Sandys (d.1990), the only daughter of Colonel Frederick Richard Trench Gascoigne D.S.O. (1851-1937) of Parlington Hall, Lotherton Hall and Craignish Castle, and wife of Arthur Sandys, 6th Baron Sandys (1876-1961), then by descent.
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Silver
Place of origin:England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Category:Services
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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