ID 795198
Lot 19 | A PAIR OF GEORGE II SAUCEBOATS
Estimate value
£ 3 000 – 4 000
81/2 in. (22 cm.) long
28 oz. 14 dwt. (895 gr.)
The arms are those of Meynell quartering Littleton and Poyntz impaling Boothby quartering Scrimshaw for Hugo Meynell (1735-1808), of Quorndon, co. Leicester and his second wife Anne (d.1815), daughter of Thomas Boothby Scrimshaw of Tooley Park, co. Leicester, whom he married in 1758. Hugo Meynell was master of the King's stag-hounds and M.P. for Lichfield from 1762 until 1768. He was also M.P. for Lymington from 1769 to 1774 and the M.P. for Stafford until 1778. He was a celebrated huntsman and founded the Quorn Hunt.
| Historical era: | Period of George II |
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| Historical era: | Period of George II |
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