A matched set of four George III silver sauce tureens and covers

A matched set of four George III silver sauce tureens and covers,

by John Wakelin and Robert Garrard, London 1800,

oval form, scroll handles, gadroon borders, the pull-off domed covers with urn finials, engraved with a crest and armorial, on raised oval bases, two numbered '1' and '2', length 22.2cm, and 23.4cm, height 15cm and 16cm, approx. weight 89oz.

Provenance: Crichel House, Dorset, sold by order of Braganza Investments Limited.

The arms are those of Yorke impaling Lindsay quartering Abnethy, for Philip, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke (1757-1834), and his wife Elizabeth (d.1858), daughter of 5th Earl of Balcarres, whom he married in 1792.