Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 2 - 14th July 2021
Lot 820
A George III silver argyle
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1500
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Description
A George III silver argyle,
by Aaron Lestourgeon, London 1774,
circular form, scroll handle, the socket with a hinged cover for the water compartment, pull-off cover with a beaded border and cone finial, engraved with a crest below a crown, length handle to spout 22.5cm, approx. weight 20oz.
Provenance: Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, Silver Sale 17 July 2012, Lot 865.
The ducal coronet and crest with a collar of the Order of the Thistle for Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch. He was nominated and invested a Knight of the Order of the Thistle on the 23 December 1767, but resigned in 1794 on his nomination as a Knight of the Garter.