A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER STRAWBERRY-DISHES
Lot 251

A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER STRAWBERRY-DISHES

MARK OF JOHN WHITE, LONDON, 1729 AND 1730

Closed16 December 2010

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GBP 6,875

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER STRAWBERRY-DISHES
MARK OF JOHN WHITE, LONDON, 1729 AND 1730
Each shaped circular with shaped rim, engraved with a coat-of-arms within foliate mantling, each marked on the reverse
9¼ in. (23 cm.) wide
28 oz. (865 gr.)
The arms are those of Frewen impaling Turner for Thomas Frewen (1687- 1738) of Brickwall and Bonby Hall, Lincolnshire and his wife Martha (1695-1752), only daughter of Henry Turner (1656-1724) of Cold Overton Hall, Leicestershire, whom he married in 1713. (2)

Specialist note

Other pieces engraved with the same arms including a kettle, stand and lamp by Peter Archambo, 1724 and a spoon tray by Robert Cooper descended to Admiral Sir John Frewen and were sold by him 20 April 1972.