Silver & Collectors' Items - Day 1 and Day 2 - 16th July 2013
Lot 1313
A matched set of four George III silver sauce tureens and covers
Estimate £4,000 - £6,000 | Hammer £3800
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Description
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.