Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 1 - 27th April 2021

Lot 1584

λA matched pair of Royal George III silver sauce boats

Estimate £500 - £700 | Hammer £440

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Description

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).