Live Auction 5956European Noble & Private Collections Including Fine Tapestries Part II
ROYAL SILVER:- A GEORGE III SILVER ARGYLE
Lot 628

ROYAL SILVER:- A GEORGE III SILVER ARGYLE

MARK OF JOHN SCOFIELD, LONDON, 1786

Closed1 October 2014

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GBP 4,750

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ROYAL SILVER:- A GEORGE III SILVER ARGYLE
MARK OF JOHN SCOFIELD, LONDON, 1786
Ovoid, part-fluted, with bead borders, waisted cover with ball finial, wood handle, interior fitted with cylindrical heating tube cover engraved with crest, front engraved with coat of arms for Prince George, Duke of Cornwall (1762-1830)
7 ½ in. (19 cm.) high
16 oz. (496 gm.)

Messrs. Partridge

Specialist note

Prince George, eldest son of George III was created Prince of Wales a few days after his birth and as such became ipso facto a Knight of the Garter. In 1811 he became Prince Regent and in 1820 ascended the throne as George IV.