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A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER ENTRÉE DISHES AND COVERS
Lot 350 WORKS OF ART FROM THE COLLECTION OF GREGORY DE LIGNE GREGORY AND SIR GLYNNE EARLE WELBY-GREGORY BT. (LOTS X -X)

Many of the silver lots offered here were collected by Gregory de Ligne Gregory, a cosmopolitan and wealthy Lincolnshire landowner, for his ‘Jacobethan’ or ‘Old English’ style mansion, Harlaxton Manor, Lincolnshire. His lifetime ambition was to construct a splendid ‘palace’ to rival nearby Belvoir Castle, collecting pieces for their superior quality. Upon Gregory’s death in 1854, he bequeathed his collection to his friend and neighbour Sir Glynne Earle Welby (later Welby-Gregory) 3rd Bt. (d. 1875), and the collection of silver for Harlaxtan merged with that of the Welby family.

A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER ENTRÉE DISHES AND COVERS

MARK OF WILLIAM KER REID, LONDON, 1826

Closed16 September 2015

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A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER ENTRÉE DISHES AND COVERS
MARK OF WILLIAM KER REID, LONDON, 1826
Shaped oval with fluted sides and shell, leaf, anthemion and gadroon borders, engraved inside on either side with crest of Welby, the domed, fluted covers engraved on either side with coat of arms for Sir William Earle Welby, 2nd Bt., (1768-1852) and his wife Wilhelmina, daughter of William Spry, with detachable foliate handles
13 in. long (33.3 cm.)
143 oz. (4433 gm.)

Sir William Earle Welby, 2nd Bt. (1768-1852) and his wife Wilhelmina (d.1847) and then by descent.