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LONDON, 1745, MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT
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A GEORGE II SILVER LEMON-STRAINER
LONDON, 1745, MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT
Circular, with reeded border, applied with two foliate scroll bracket handles, the bowl pierced with diaperwork and foliate scrolls, later engraved below the rim with two crests and motto with earl's coronet above, marked inside bowl
7 in. (17.6 cm.) diameter over handles
3 oz. (122 gr.)
The crests are those of Byng, for John, 1st Earl of Strafford G.C.B. (1772-1860)
LONDON, 1745, MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT
Circular, with reeded border, applied with two foliate scroll bracket handles, the bowl pierced with diaperwork and foliate scrolls, later engraved below the rim with two crests and motto with earl's coronet above, marked inside bowl
7 in. (17.6 cm.) diameter over handles
3 oz. (122 gr.)
The crests are those of Byng, for John, 1st Earl of Strafford G.C.B. (1772-1860)
Provenance
Presumably supplied to Admiral John Byng (1704-1757) and then by descent to
John, 1st Earl of Strafford G.C.B. (1772-1860) and by descent.
John, 1st Earl of Strafford G.C.B. (1772-1860) and by descent.
Literature
Inventory of Plate and Jewels belonging to George Byng, July 1847, Messrs Garrard & Co., Panton Street, Haymarket, London, '1 Lemon Strainer oz 4'.
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.17 'a lemon strainer 3.90oz '.
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.17 'a lemon strainer 3.90oz '.
Special notice
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