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MARK OF JOHN JACOB, LONDON, 1752
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A GEORGE II SILVER SAUCEBOAT
MARK OF JOHN JACOB, LONDON, 1752
Oval and on three shell-cast feet, with gadrooned rim and dolphin-cast handle, engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked underneath, further engraved underneath with a number and scratch weight '37 18=15'
9 in. (23 cm.) wide
18 oz. 5 dwt. (568 gr.)
The arms are those of Hankey, with a cadency mark of a crescent for the second son, quartering Barnard impaling Penton, for Robert Hankey (1743-1815) and his wife Anne (d.1811), daughter of Henry Penton (1705-1762), M.P. for Winchester, whom he married in 1765. Robert was the second son of Sir Thomas Hankey Kt., banker and Alderman of London, and his wife Sarah, eldest daughter and heiress of Sir John Barnard. Robert joined the family bank on Fenchurch Street, known as Sir Henry Hankey & Sons, which had considerable West Indian interests. A director of the London Assurance Company, he lived at Gordon House Putney.
MARK OF JOHN JACOB, LONDON, 1752
Oval and on three shell-cast feet, with gadrooned rim and dolphin-cast handle, engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked underneath, further engraved underneath with a number and scratch weight '37 18=15'
9 in. (23 cm.) wide
18 oz. 5 dwt. (568 gr.)
The arms are those of Hankey, with a cadency mark of a crescent for the second son, quartering Barnard impaling Penton, for Robert Hankey (1743-1815) and his wife Anne (d.1811), daughter of Henry Penton (1705-1762), M.P. for Winchester, whom he married in 1765. Robert was the second son of Sir Thomas Hankey Kt., banker and Alderman of London, and his wife Sarah, eldest daughter and heiress of Sir John Barnard. Robert joined the family bank on Fenchurch Street, known as Sir Henry Hankey & Sons, which had considerable West Indian interests. A director of the London Assurance Company, he lived at Gordon House Putney.
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