ID 1071101
Lot 116 | THREE GEORGE III SILVER HOT WATER JUGS
Estimate value
£ 1 200 – 1 800
VARIOUS MAKERS, LONDON, SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
One hot water jug, plain pear-shaped with domed cover and wood handle, engraved with lozenge-of-arms with baroness' coronet above, mark of Charles Kandler II, London, 1786; another, spirally fluted pear-shaped body and cover, wicker-covered handle, engraved with initials 'GAH' and crest, maker's mark 'IBWB' (unidentified, Grimwade 3626), London, 1765; another, plain pear-shaped with gadrooned rim and domed cover, wicker-covered handle, engraved with a coat-of-arms, mark of Thomas Whipham and Charles Wright, London, 1764
10 ½ in. (26.6 cm.) high
gross weight 58 oz. 3 dwt. (1,810 gr.)
The lozenge-of-arms is those of Raymond quartering another, with Blundell in pretence, for Mary, Baroness Raymond (b.c.1719-1789) widow of Robert, 2nd Baron Raymond (b.c.1717-1756) and widow of General Lord Robert Bertie (1721-1782), fifth son of Robert, 1st Duke of Ancaster.
The initials GAH are for Major Lord George Augusta Hill (1801-1879).
The arms on the 1764 hot water jug are those of Sandys with label for the eldest son, quartering others, impaling Colebrooke, for Edwin Sandys (1726-1797), late Lord Sandys, Baron of Ombersley and his wife Anna Maria King, daughter of James Colebrooke, whom he married in 1769.
Provenance
The 1786 hot water jug: Mary, Baroness Raymond (b.c.1719-1789), then by bequest to Mary Hill, Marchioness of Downshire and Baroness Sandys in her own right (1764-1836), by descent to her second son.
Arthur Moses William Hill, 2nd Baron Sandys of 2nd creation (1792-1860), then by descent.
The 1765 hot water jug: Major Lord George Augusta Hill (1801-1879), then by descent.
The 1764 hot water jug: Edwin Sandys (1726-1797), then by descent.
Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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Medium: | Silver |
Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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Medium: | Silver |
Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |||||
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