A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER SAUCE TUREENS AND COVERS,
Lot 84

A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER SAUCE TUREENS AND COVERS,

MARK OF JAMES YOUNG, LONDON, 1791

Closed28 September 2010

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GBP 2,125

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER SAUCE TUREENS AND COVERS,
MARK OF JAMES YOUNG, LONDON, 1791
Boat shaped and half-fluted, ribbed loop side handles, domed covers capped by baronial coronet finials, covers engraved with crest below baron's coronet, sides engraved with coat of arms, gadroon borders and oval pedestal bases, each engraved with number in set and scratch-weight under base, respectively No.1, 23 and No.5, 22''8
10 in. (25.2 cm.) long
41 oz. (1271 gm.) (4)

Specialist note

The crest and coronet are for Stephen Moore, 2nd.Viscount Montcashell of Co. Tipperaray, Ireland. He succeeded to the viscounty in 1766, married Helena, daughter of the Earl of Moira in 1769 and advanced to the Earldom of Mountcashell in 1781 before dying in 1790.