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A GEORGE IV SILVER AND GOLD COIN-SET TEA TRAY
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A GEORGE IV SILVER AND GOLD COIN-SET TEA TRAY

MARK OF REBECCA EMES AND EDWARD BARNARD, LONDON, 1824

Closed21 April 2016

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A GEORGE IV SILVER AND GOLD COIN-SET TEA TRAY
MARK OF REBECCA EMES AND EDWARD BARNARD, LONDON, 1824
Of shaped rectangular form with shell and scroll borders, on four acanthus capped paw feet, inset with thirty-six English, Portuguese, and Brazilian gold coins, and flat-chased allover with foliate grape clusters centering a coat-of-arms, marked underneath
31 in. (79 cm.) long; 228 oz. 10 dwt. (7,114 gr.)

Specialist note

The arms are those of Thomas Bruges of Melksham and Seend, Wiltshire (1751-1835) impaling those of his wife Sarah Gale (d. 1801) whom he married in 1780.  Bruges was a wealthy landowner and magistrate for the county. He funded Seend Church School in 1833 and erected a school house.