拍品 492
492
A GEORGE III STERLING SILVER RECTANGULAR TWO HANDLED TRAY
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A GEORGE III STERLING SILVER RECTANGULAR TWO HANDLED TRAY

MAKER'S MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON 1815

细节
A GEORGE III STERLING SILVER RECTANGULAR TWO HANDLED TRAY
Maker's mark of Paul Storr, London 1815
Raised on four acanthus leaf and rosette feet, with bold gadrooned border with shells to the sides and fluted angled handles with leaf terminals, contemporary coat of arms, fully marked
59 cm. (23 in.) across the handles
3.02 kilos (97.1 oz.)
See illustration
注意事项
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拍品专文

The arms are those of Fowke with an Escutcheon of Pretence for Henderson, for Sir Frederick Gustavus Fowke, 1st Baronet, born January 1782, created a baronet 7th February 1814, married October 1815, Mary Anne, daughter of heir of Anthony Henderson, MP. Sir Frederick died in 1856. He was the son of Sir Thomas Fowke, Kt (JP and DL), a Lieutenant General in the army and Groom of the Bedchambers to George II's brother HRH the Duke of Cumberland. Sir Thomas, knighted 5th may 1779, married Anne, 2nd daughter and co-heir of Sir Isaac Woollaston, 2nd Baronet, of Lowesby Hall, Leicester. Sir Frederick inherited the Lowesby estate from his mother. Sir Frederick's grandfather was Lieutenant General Thomas Fowke, Governor of Gibraltar 1754-1755, Colonel of 2nd Queen's Regiment and Adjutant General in Ireland