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A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER VEGETABLE DISHES
Lot 1124

A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER VEGETABLE DISHES

MARK OF THOMAS HEMING, LONDON, 1760

Closed21 June 2012

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A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER VEGETABLE DISHES
MARK OF THOMAS HEMING, LONDON, 1760
Each cushion-form, with bound reeded rims and shells and foliage at intervals, the field engraved with a coat-of-arms, two engraved with a crest and two with a Baron's coronet, marked on reverse
10¾ in. (27.5 cm.) long; 95 oz. (2,955 gr.) (4)

Christie's, New York, 28 April 1992, lot 217
The Collection of the Late Charles Poor, sold
Sotheby's, New York, 26 October 2005, lot 31

Specialist note

The arms are those of Montagu with those of Montagu in pretence, for Edward Massey of Westown who married in 1743 Isabella, eldest daughter and co-heir of John, Duke of Montagu. After the death of his father-in-law in 1749, Hussey assumed the name and arms of Montagu. In 1753 he was installed Knight of the Bath. In 1762 he was created Baron Beaulieu and in 1784 Earl Beaulieu.