A GEORGE III SILVER ARGYLE
Lot 262

A GEORGE III SILVER ARGYLE

MARK OF ROBERT SHARP, LONDON, 1799

Closed26 March 2013

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GBP 1,750

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A GEORGE III SILVER ARGYLE
MARK OF ROBERT SHARP, LONDON, 1799
Vase-shaped on pedestal foot, cover with waisted neck and domed top with ball finial, gadroon borders, engraved to one side with the contemporary arms of Heathcote quarteing Moyer, the family crest on cover, the other side later engraved with the arms of Pershall of Doughton, Lincs., the interior with detachable tapering cylindrical heating compartment with pull-off silver-mounted cork stopper, wooden scroll handle terminating in a leaf junction at top
8 in. high (20 cm.)
19 oz. (598 gm.)

Specialist note

The arms of Heathcote quartering Moyer for John Heathcote (1767-1838) of Conington Castle, Peterborough, MP for Rutland (1790-96) and for Ripon (1798-1806)