Live Auction 1546The Raglan Collection: Wellington, Waterloo and The Crimea And Works of Art from the Collection of the Marquesses of Londonderry
A SET OF THREE GEORGE II WAITERS
Lot 421

A SET OF THREE GEORGE II WAITERS

MARK OF ROBERT ABERCROMBIE, LONDON, 1735

Closed23 May 2014

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A SET OF THREE GEORGE II WAITERS
MARK OF ROBERT ABERCROMBIE, LONDON, 1735
Each shaped circular and on three hoof feet, chased with a band of foliate scrolls, strap work and masks, later engraved with a crest with Garter motto beneath marquess' coronet, marked underneath, engraved inventory number '2' and scratchweights, '8-15'; '8-13-12' and '8-11'
6.1/2 in. (16.6 cm.) diam.
22 oz. 14 dwt. (706 gr.)
The crest is that of Stewart, probably for Charles, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry K.G. (1778-1854).

Possibly the Tempests of Wynyard Park, County Durham, and by descent to the Marquesses of Londonderry.

Specialist note

The present lot was originally a set of four, en suite to a pair of 11-inch salvers with the same decoration, also marked for 1735.