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MARK OF SAMUEL HERBERT AND CO., LONDON, 1754
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A SET OF FOUR GEORGE II SILVER SAUCEBOATS
MARK OF SAMUEL HERBERT AND CO., LONDON, 1754
Each oval bombé and on three shell-cast feet with shell terminals, with gadrooned rim and a leaf-capped scroll handle, engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked underneath
7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) long
55 oz. (1,710 gr.)
The arms are those of Davenport quartering another impaling Davenport quartering another, for Davies Davenport (1723-1757) and his wife Phoebe (d. 1757), daughter and eventually co-heir of Richard Davenport of Calveley, whom he married in 1755.
MARK OF SAMUEL HERBERT AND CO., LONDON, 1754
Each oval bombé and on three shell-cast feet with shell terminals, with gadrooned rim and a leaf-capped scroll handle, engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked underneath
7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) long
55 oz. (1,710 gr.)
The arms are those of Davenport quartering another impaling Davenport quartering another, for Davies Davenport (1723-1757) and his wife Phoebe (d. 1757), daughter and eventually co-heir of Richard Davenport of Calveley, whom he married in 1755.
Provenance
Davies Davenport (1723-1757), of Woodford, Marton and Capesthorne, Cheshire, by descent to,
William Bromley Davenport (1821-1884), of Capesthrone Cheshire, by descent to
Property from Capesthorne Hall, The Gyrn Castle Sale; Christie's, House Sale, 17 July 2006, lot 990, where acquired.
William Bromley Davenport (1821-1884), of Capesthrone Cheshire, by descent to
Property from Capesthorne Hall, The Gyrn Castle Sale; Christie's, House Sale, 17 July 2006, lot 990, where acquired.
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