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MARK OF EDWARD WAKELIN, LONDON, 1748
Details
A GEORGE II SILVER MAZARINE
MARK OF EDWARD WAKELIN, LONDON, 1748
Oval with slightly raised border, the field pierced with quatrefoils, scrolls and circles, the centre engraved later with two crests and motto with earl's coronet above, marked on reverse, also engraved with scratchweight '34=8'
15 in. (38.2 cm.) long
32 oz. (1,025 gr.)
The crests are those of Byng, for John, 1st Earl of Strafford G.C.B. (1772-1860)
MARK OF EDWARD WAKELIN, LONDON, 1748
Oval with slightly raised border, the field pierced with quatrefoils, scrolls and circles, the centre engraved later with two crests and motto with earl's coronet above, marked on reverse, also engraved with scratchweight '34=8'
15 in. (38.2 cm.) long
32 oz. (1,025 gr.)
The crests are those of Byng, for John, 1st Earl of Strafford G.C.B. (1772-1860)
Provenance
Supplied by George Wickes, 27 May 1748 to
Admiral John Byng (1704-1757) and then by descent to
John, 1st Earl of Strafford G.C.B. (1772-1860) and by descent.
Admiral John Byng (1704-1757) and then by descent to
John, 1st Earl of Strafford G.C.B. (1772-1860) and by descent.
Literature
Victoria and Albert Museum Mss.SD.95.0050, George Wickes' Gentleman's Ledger 1747-1750, folio 83, entry on 27 May 1748, part of 'To 20 Dishes & a fish plate 939[oz] 13[dwt] 8[gr] [£]375 17[s] 2[d]'. Inventory of Plate and Jewels belonging to George Byng, July 1847, Messrs Garrard & Co., Panton Street, Haymarket, London, '1 Mazzarine oz 33:15'.
Manuscript Inventory of Pictures and Plate, created Heirloom under the will of the late George Stevens Byng, Earl of Strafford, December 1887. J.E. Boodle, Surveyor, 89 Chancery Lane, London WC1: The Plate in the Custody of Messrs Garrard & Co, 25 Haymarket, SW1, p.16 'a 15ins. oval mazzarine 33.20 oz.'.
Manuscript Inventory of Pictures and Plate, created Heirloom under the will of the late George Stevens Byng, Earl of Strafford, December 1887. J.E. Boodle, Surveyor, 89 Chancery Lane, London WC1: The Plate in the Custody of Messrs Garrard & Co, 25 Haymarket, SW1, p.16 'a 15ins. oval mazzarine 33.20 oz.'.
Special notice
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