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A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER SAUCEBOATS FROM THE PAGET SERVICE

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Lot 73 | A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER SAUCEBOATS FROM THE PAGET SERVICE
A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER SAUCEBOATS FROM THE PAGET SERVICE

MARK OF JOHN PARKER AND EDWARD WAKELIN, LONDON, 1771

Each boat-shaped on oval foot chased with laurel border, the fluted body applied with laurel festoons centering an oval patera, with scroll and rosette handles, slightly later engraved with a crest within the Garter motto beneath a Marquess' coronet, each marked under base, one apparently lacking maker's mark, engraved with scratchweights 32=4 and 33=10

9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm.) long

63 oz. 10 dwt. (1,975 gr.)

The crest is that of Paget, for Henry-William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768-1854) who was married first to Caroline Villiers, daughter of the 4th Earl of Jersey, and secondly to Charlotte, daughter of the 1st Earl Cadogan.





Provenance

Sir Henry Paget (formerly Bayley) 3rd Bt., 9th Baron Paget (1744-1812), later 1st Earl of Uxbridge of the 2nd creation, by descent to his son,

Henry William Paget, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge and 1st Marquess of Anglesey K.G. (1768-1854), of Beaudesert, co. Stafford and Plas Newydd Anglesey, then by descent to,

George Charles Henry Victor Paget, 7th Marquess of Anglesey (1922-2013), of Plas Newydd, Anglesey,

The Most Hon. The Marquess of Anglesey; Sotheby's, London, 8 April 1954, lot 81 (part).

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 22 May 2008, lot 173.

With Alastair Dickenson, London.

Benjamin F. Edward III (1931-2009) of St. Louis, business man, collector and philanthropist.

The Collection of Benjamin F. Edwards III; Christie's, New York, 26 January 2010, lot 93.



Literature

John Parker and Edward Wakelin's Gentleman's Ledger No. 2, folio 32, 11 December 1771,

'To 12 fine festoon & fluted sauceboats 364 [oz.] 12 [dwt.] 11/0 [gr.] [£] 200 5 [s] ..[d].'



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Manufactur:John Parker & Edward Wakelin
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Silver
Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Category:Bowl
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