A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT DESSERT-SERVICE
A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT DESSERT-SERVICE

MARK OF DIGBY SCOTT AND BENJAMIN SMITH, LONDON, 1806, THE KIDNEY-SHAPED DISHES WITH MARK OF BENJAMIN AND JAMES SMITH, LONDON, TWO 1809, TWO 1810

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A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT DESSERT-SERVICE
MARK OF DIGBY SCOTT AND BENJAMIN SMITH, LONDON, 1806, THE KIDNEY-SHAPED DISHES WITH MARK OF BENJAMIN AND JAMES SMITH, LONDON, TWO 1809, TWO 1810
With ribbon-tied reed-and-vine borders, each engraved with a coat-of-arms below earl's coronet each marked on reverse, comprising:
Four shaped oval dishes, 14 1/8 in. (35.8 cm.) wide
Four shaped circular dishes, 10 1/4 in. (26.2 cm.) diam.
Four kidney-shaped dishes, 11 7/8 in. (30 cm.) wide
348 oz. 6 dwt. (10,833 gr.)
The arms are those of Montgomerie quartering Eglinton presumably for Hugh, 12th Earl of Eglinton K.T. (1739-1819). He was created a peer of the United Kingdon in 1806 as Baron Ardrossan of Ardrossan. He rebuilt the castle of Eglinton and also constructed Ardrossan Harbour and the Paisley Canal.
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Hugh, 12th Earl of Eglinton K.T. (1739-1819), by descent to
Archibald, 16th Earl of Eglinton and Winton (1880-1945).
The Earl of Eglinton and Winton; Christie's London, 12 July 1922, the dishes, lot 20 (£70), lot 21 (£78) and lot 22 (£146) to Comyns,
The Parham Park Trust; Christie's, London, 15 June 2004, lot 34A. (with later stands).

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