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AN IMPORTANT GEORGE II SILVER WAITER

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AN IMPORTANT GEORGE II SILVER WAITER
MARK OF EDWARD FELINE, LONDON, 1746
Oblong and on four claw-and-ball feet, the reeded rim above a pierced fruiting grapevine border, engraved with a coat-of-arms below an earl's coronet, marked on the back, further engraved with a scratchweight '27=7'
10 7/8 in. (27.5 cm.) wide
26 oz. (839 gr.)
The arms are those of Grey impaling Booth for Henry Grey, 4th Earl of Stamford (1715-1768) and his wife Mary, daughter of George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington.

Henry Grey, 4th Earl of Stamford (1715-1768)
then by descent
to Catherine, Lady Grey and Sir John Foley-Grey
Catherine, Lady Grey and Sir John Foley-Grey; Christie's London, 20 April, 1921, lot 100 (part)

Specialist note

The existence of pairs, or very similar items, engraved with the arms of the Earl of Warrington on one and the arms of his daughter and son-in-law on the other is not unique in the present example. Two salvers, or tea tables, by James Schuder, 1741 exist (J. Lomax and J. Rothwell, Country House Silver from Dunham Massey, no. 37 and no. 69), which are similarly engraved to the present lot.

The tea tables are each flat chased with rocaille, which is rather out of keeping with Warrington's usual preference for plain silver. This has led J. Lomax and J. Rothwell to suggest that the order may have come from the Earl and Countess of Stamford with one kept for their use and one gifted to the Countess' father, (op cit, p. 134) which was perhaps the case with this lot.