MARK OF DIGBY SCOTT AND BENJAMIN SMITH I FOR RUNDELL, BRIDGE, AND RUNDELL, LONDON, 1804 (1), 1805 (3), AND 1806 (1)

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A SET OF FIVE GEORGE III SILVER MEAT DISHES
MARK OF DIGBY SCOTT AND BENJAMIN SMITH I FOR RUNDELL, BRIDGE, AND RUNDELL, LONDON, 1804 (1), 1805 (3), AND 1806 (1)
Shaped oval and in sizes, the wrapped reeded rims with grape bunches and foliage at intervals, the borders engraved with a coat-of-arms under a drapery mantle and Baron's coronet, marked on undersides, three additionally with retailers mark for Rundell, Bridge, & Rundell
22 in. (55.9 cm.) long, the largest
384 oz. 14 dwt. (11,964 gr.)

Provenance

W‌illiam Bagot, 2nd Baron Bagot (1773-1856)
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 25 October 1988, lot 259.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.

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Lot Essay

The arms are those of Bagot impaling those of Fitzroy, for William Bagot, 2nd Baron Bagot, born in 1773, the third but first surviving son and heir of William, 1st Baron. He married, first, in 1799, Emily, 4th daughter of Charles, 1st Lord Southampton. After Emily died of consumption in 1800, he married Louisa, daughter of George, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth in 1807. A Tory in politics, he was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. He died aged 82 in 1856.

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