ID 1309846
Lot 119 | A GEORGE IV SILVER CENTREPIECE
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
141/2 in. (37 cm.) wide
284 oz. 10 dwt. (8,849 gr.)
The first arms are those Nisbet quartering Hamilton in pretence and Nisbet quartering Hamilton in a lozenge, for John Fergusson M.P. (1770-1840), of Raith, Fife and Portman Square, London, and his second wife Mary (d.1855), daughter and heiress of William Hamilton Nisbet (1747-1822) of Dirleton and Belhaven, co. Haddington, formerly wife of Thomas, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766-1841) from whom she was divorced by Act of Parliament in 1808. Fergusson and Mary Hamilton Nisbet were married in 1808.
One his death Ferguson's estates passed to his brother Sir Ronald Crawfurd Ferguson G.C.B. M.P. (1777-1841).
| Artist: | John Bridge (1755 - 1834) |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Place of origin: | England |
| Auction house category: | Plates & Dishes, Tables |
| Artist: | John Bridge (1755 - 1834) |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Place of origin: | England |
| Auction house category: | Plates & Dishes, Tables |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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