A GEORGE II SILVER LARGE BASKET

Lot 160
07.07.2023 11:00UTC +00:00
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£ 41 580
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Lot 160 | A GEORGE II SILVER LARGE BASKET
Valeur estimée
£ 20 000 – 30 000
A GEORGE II SILVER LARGE BASKET

MARK OF LOUIS LAROCHE, LONDON, 1733

Circular, the spreading foot chased with a band of acanthus leaves, the sides pierced with trellis work and stylised flowerheads above a band of chased strapwork and rosettes on a matted ground, the double scroll handle with central baluster knop, engraved in the centre with a coat-of-arms within a Baroque cartouche, engraved underneath with a differing coat-of-arms and a presentation inscription, marked underneath and with scratch weight 80=12

12 in. (30.2 cm.) high; 12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm.) diameter

79 oz. 3 dwt. (2,463 gr.)

The arms are those Eliot impaling Craggs, for Richard Eliot M.P. (1694-1748) of Port Eliot, Cornwall, and his wife Harriot (1713-1769), natural daughter of James Craggs the Younger (1686–1721), whom he married on 4 March 1726. Harriot married secondly the Hon. John Hamilton. Their son John James was created 1st Marquess of Abercorn in 1790. Richard was Auditor and Receiver General to the Prince of Wales.



The second coat-of-arms is that of Knight quartering Slaughter, Leech and Bellinham with Cragg in pretence for John Knight (b.1686-1733), M.P. for St. Germans in 1710, 1713 and 1714 and his wife Anne, daughter of The Rt. Hon. James Craggs the Elder (c.1657-1721) Post Master General. Anne's brother, also James Craggs (1686-1721), known as The Younger, fathered an illegitimate daughter with his mistress, a young actress and dancer Miss Hester Santlow, who was to become one of the most celebrated figures on the stage in the 1720s and 1730s as Mrs. Barton Booth (b.c.1690-1773). The daughter Harriot Craggs (1713-1769) married Richard Eliot (1694-1748) of Port Eliot in 1726 (see above).



The inscription reads, 'The Gift of Mrs Knight to Richd Eliot Esqr to whose latest posterity may it remain in Memory of his worthy Friend John Knight Esqr of Gosfield Bell House in ye County of Essex'.





Provenance

The gift of Anne Knight, widow of John Knight (b.c.1686-1733), M.P. for St. Germans and daughter of The Rt. Hon. James Craggs (c.1657-1721) to her natural niece's husband,

Richard Eliot M.P. (1694-1748) of Port Eliot, Cornwall, and his wife Harriot Craggs (1713-1769), by descent to their son,

Edward Craggs-Eliot, 1st Baron Eliot of Saint Germans (1727-1804), then by descent to,

Peregrine Nicholas Eliot, 10th Earl of Saint Germans (1941-2016).

The Earl of St Germans Heirlooms Settlement; Christie's, London, 25 November 1992, lot 91.



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