ID 1071182
Lot 115 | A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER-GILT WAITERS
Estimate value
£ 3 000 – 5 000
MARK OF DAVID WILLAUME, LONDON, 1729
Each shaped square on four bracket feet and with gadrooned borders, engraved with a band of Régence strapwork and cartouches with shells or putto masks, engraved with a coat-of-arms beneath a viscount's coronet, marked underneath and further engraved with scratchweights 25=17 and 26=8
9 7⁄8 in. (26.8 cm.) wide
51 oz. 13 dwt. (1,606 gr.)
The arms are those of Blundell quartering Chetwynd, for Sir Montague Blundell, 4th Bt. (1689-1756), and his wife Mary, daughter of John Chetwynd of Grendon, co. Warwick, whom he married in 1709.
Provenance
Sir Montague Blundell, 4th Bt. (1689-1756), then by descent to his niece,
Mary Hill, Marchioness of Downshire and Baroness Sandys in her own right (1764-1836), who married Arthur Hill, 2nd Marquess of Downshire (1757-1801), then by descent to their second son,
Arthur Moses William Hill, 2nd Baron Sandys of 2nd creation (1792-1860), then by descent.
| Artist: | David Willaume II (1693 - 1761) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Gilding, Silver |
| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Dishes and trays |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Plates & Dishes |
| Artist: | David Willaume II (1693 - 1761) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Gilding, Silver |
| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Dishes and trays |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Plates & Dishes |
| Address of auction |
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