A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER SAUCEBOATS

MARK OF THOMAS ROBINS, LONDON, 1806

Details

A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER SAUCEBOATS
MARK OF THOMAS ROBINS, LONDON, 1806
Each oval and on three scroll feet with applied motifs with scrolling foliage, with gadrooned rim and scroll handle, engraved with coat-of-arms below a baron's coronet, marked underneath
9 ½ in. (24 cm.) long
52 oz. 2 dwt. (1,625 gr.)

Provenance

A Lady; Sotheby's, London, 1 June 2006, lot 81.

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Lot Essay

The arms are those of Blantyre of co. Lanark, most probably for Robert Walter Stuart (Stewart) 11th Baron of Blantyre (1777-1830) who married in 1813 Fanny Mary Rodney, grand daughter of the famous Lord Rodney. Blantyre was representative peer for the Kingdom of Scotland in 1806-07 when the sauceboat were probably commissioned. His family seat was Lennoxlove in East Lothian which had been built with money given by Frances Stewart (Stuart) Duchess of Richmond.

An identical pair of sauceboats, Thomas Robins, London, 1811 with the crest of Heathcote were sold Christies, 6 March 1991, lot 108.

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