A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER OPEN VEGETABLE DISHES

MARK OF THOMAS HEMING, LONDON, 1770

细节

A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER OPEN VEGETABLE DISHES
Mark of Thomas Heming, London, 1770
Each cushion-shaped, with gadrooned border, the field engraved with a crest within garter motto, beneath a coronet, each marked on reverse, also marked No. 23 2M 12½ L; No. 24 2M 14L; No. 25 2M 14 1/8L; No. 26 2M 11 7/8L
9 7/8in. (25.2cm). long; 81oz. (2524gr.) (4)

来源

Christie's, Geneva, May 25-26, 1993, lot 220

拍品专文

The crest is that of Hood for Sir Alexander Hood K.B. (1726-1814) who was installed as a Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1788. He was created Baron Bridport in 1794 and Viscount Bridport of Cricket St. Thomas in 1796. He was a great naval commander and the brother of the celebrated Admiral Samuel Hood, Viscount Hood (1724-1816). A pair of meat dishes and three matching smaller meat dishes from the same service, by Thomas Heming, dating to 1770, sold at Christie's, London, July 15, 1998, lot 218.