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MARK OF ROBERT SHARP, LONDON, 1789
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A GEORGE III SILVER SOUP-TUREEN, COVER AND STAND
MARK OF ROBERT SHARP, LONDON, 1789
With reeded scroll handles, the domed cover with ring handle, with fluted bands and gadrooned borders, the tureen engraved with a coat-of-arms, the stand and cover with a crest, each later engraved with baron's coronet, marked on stand, foot and cover, each engraved 'No. 1', the stand with scratchweight '76=16', the cover '103=8'
The stand 19¼ in. (49 cm.)
177 oz. (5,505 gr.)
The arms are those of Smith impaling Barnard quartering Boldero, for the banker and politician Robert Smith (1752-1838), created lst Baron Carrington in 1796, and his wife Anne (d.1827), daughter of Lewyns Boldero Barnard of South Cave, co. York, whom he married 1780.
MARK OF ROBERT SHARP, LONDON, 1789
With reeded scroll handles, the domed cover with ring handle, with fluted bands and gadrooned borders, the tureen engraved with a coat-of-arms, the stand and cover with a crest, each later engraved with baron's coronet, marked on stand, foot and cover, each engraved 'No. 1', the stand with scratchweight '76=16', the cover '103=8'
The stand 19¼ in. (49 cm.)
177 oz. (5,505 gr.)
The arms are those of Smith impaling Barnard quartering Boldero, for the banker and politician Robert Smith (1752-1838), created lst Baron Carrington in 1796, and his wife Anne (d.1827), daughter of Lewyns Boldero Barnard of South Cave, co. York, whom he married 1780.
Provenance
with Partridge, London, February 1969.
Special Notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.
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