A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER DISH RINGS

Lot 96
07.07.2023 11:00UTC +00:00
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£ 8 000
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ID 992685
Lot 96 | A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER DISH RINGS
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£ 8 000 – 12 000
A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER DISH RINGS

MARK OF JOHN ROMER, LONDON, 1765

Spool-shaped and with acanthus foliage rims, the sides pierced and chased with foliate Vitruvian scrolls, each engraved with a crest with duke's coronet above, engraved on underside the rim with initial D on one and P on the other and a partially legible scratchweight, marked on rims

9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm.) diameter

50 oz. 7 dwt. (1,567 gr.)

The crest is that of Scott, for the Dukes of Buccleuch, almost certainly for Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch K.T., K.G. (1746-1812).





Provenance

Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch K.T., K.G. (1746-1812).

A Gentleman; Christie's, London, 18 December 1997, lot 137.



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