A GEORGE III LARGE OVAL SALVER OR TRAY
Lot 157

A GEORGE III LARGE OVAL SALVER OR TRAY

MARK OF W.C OVERSTRIKING ANOTHER, LONDON, 1783

Closed14 December 2011

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GBP 2,750

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A GEORGE III LARGE OVAL SALVER OR TRAY
MARK OF W.C OVERSTRIKING ANOTHER, LONDON, 1783
Inner and outer bead borders with an engraved guilloche band between, on beaded bracket feet, centre engraved with neo-clasical coat of arms within wreath with swags of roses overhead all within a beaded oval cartouche surmounted by an urn
22¼ in. long (56.5 cm.)
86 oz. (2666 gm.)

Specialist note

The arms are for Backhouse impaling Moorhouse, for Thomas Backhouse of Beck House, Giggleswick, Lancs. and his wife Jane, née Moorhouse, of Skipton, who married in 1784.