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MARK OF JOHN WAKELIN AND ROBERT GARRARD, LONDON, 1793
Details
A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER ENTREE-DISHES AND COVERS
MARK OF JOHN WAKELIN AND ROBERT GARRARD, LONDON, 1793
Each elongated octagonal with gadrooned borders, the covers with detachable foliate-wrapped berry handles, engraved with a coat-of-arms to the cover and to the interior, marked on each dish and cover, engraved with scratch weights 'No. 1 44"6'; 'No. 2 43"17'; 'No. 3 44"18'; and 'No. 4 44"15'
12 ¼ in. (31 cm.) wide
172 oz. 16 dwt. (5,376 gr.)
The arms are those of Milnes quartering others with Busk in pretence, for James Milnes (1755-1805), of Thornes House, Wakefield, co. York and his wife Mary-Ann, daughter and co-heir of Hans Busk of Leeds, whom he married in 1778.
MARK OF JOHN WAKELIN AND ROBERT GARRARD, LONDON, 1793
Each elongated octagonal with gadrooned borders, the covers with detachable foliate-wrapped berry handles, engraved with a coat-of-arms to the cover and to the interior, marked on each dish and cover, engraved with scratch weights 'No. 1 44"6'; 'No. 2 43"17'; 'No. 3 44"18'; and 'No. 4 44"15'
12 ¼ in. (31 cm.) wide
172 oz. 16 dwt. (5,376 gr.)
The arms are those of Milnes quartering others with Busk in pretence, for James Milnes (1755-1805), of Thornes House, Wakefield, co. York and his wife Mary-Ann, daughter and co-heir of Hans Busk of Leeds, whom he married in 1778.
Provenance
James Milnes (1755-1805), of Thornes House, Wakefield, co. York and then by descent to his first cousin's son
Benjamin Gaskell (1781-1856), grandson of Milnes’ sister Mary (d.1780) and her husband Benjamin Gaskell, and then by descent to his son
James Milnes Gaskell (1810-1873), M.P. for Wenlock, Shropshire 1832-1868 and Lord of the Treasury 1841-1846, and then by descent.
Benjamin Gaskell (1781-1856), grandson of Milnes’ sister Mary (d.1780) and her husband Benjamin Gaskell, and then by descent to his son
James Milnes Gaskell (1810-1873), M.P. for Wenlock, Shropshire 1832-1868 and Lord of the Treasury 1841-1846, and then by descent.
