Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 2 - 14th July 2021
Lot 853
A set of four George III silver entrée dishes and covers
Estimate £6,000 - £8,000 | Hammer £6000
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Description
A set of four George III silver entrée dishes and covers,
by Digby Scott and Benjamin Smith, London 1802,
rectangular form, gadroon borders, the covers with a handle modelled as a crest, engraved with armorial shields and a crest, length 29.8cm, approx. weight 221.5oz. (4)
The crest is that of Smyth (Baronet) impaling Wilson: Admiral Sir Robert Howe Bromley (3rd baronet) of East Stoke, Nottinghamshire (1778-1857) who inherited the title in 1808. He married Anne Wilson in 1812.