Live Auction 2209Important Silver and Objects of Vertu Including the Inventory of Marks Antiques of London
Lot 150 PROPERTY FROM THE INVENTORY OF MARKS ANTIQUES

A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER SALVERS OF AMERICAN INTEREST

MARK OF JOHN HOULE, LONDON, 1827

Closed22 October 2009

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A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER SALVERS OF AMERICAN INTEREST
MARK OF JOHN HOULE, LONDON, 1827
Each shaped circular, on three supports, the field flat-chased, engraved with coat-of-arms, beneath a baron's coronet, marked on reverses
13 1/8in. (33.4cm) diameter; 89 oz. (2781 gr.) (2)

Specialist note

The arms are those of Copley for John Singleton Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst (1772-1863), son of John Singleton Copley (1738-1815) the renowned American artist. The Boston-born Copley was educated at Cambridge, served in Parliament and eventually attained the position of Lord Chancellor.