Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 1 - 27 Apr 2021
λA matched pair of Royal George III silver sauce boats
λA matched pair of Royal George III silver sauce boats,
one possibly by Joseph Steward, London 1765, the other by Robert Garrard, London 1816,
oval form, wavy-edge border, leaf capped scroll handle, on three shell capped scroll legs on shell pad feet, engraved with two Royal ciphers, length 20.4cm, approx. weight 22oz., plus a 19th century Old Sheffield plated coffee biggin, by Matthew Boulton, circular baluster form, ivory scroll handle and finial, on a circular foot, possibly later, engraved with an armorial. (3)
The ciphers are those of Queen Charlotte and Prince William Henry, Duke of Clarence, (later King William IV).