A GEORGE III SILVER TWO-HANDLED TRAY
Lot 183

A GEORGE III SILVER TWO-HANDLED TRAY

MARK OF JOHN CROUCH AND THOMAS HANNAM, LONDON, 1793

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A GEORGE III SILVER TWO-HANDLED TRAY
MARK OF JOHN CROUCH AND THOMAS HANNAM, LONDON, 1793
Plain oval, with reeded rim, leaf-capped reeded handles, the field bright-cut engraved with a band of foliate scrolls on matted ground, the center engraved with a coat-of-arms within a drapery mantle, raised on conforming reeded bracket feet, marked on underside
24 5/8 in. (62.5 cm.) long, over handles; 87 oz. 2 dwt. (2,713 gr.)

The arms are those of Morgan quartering Gould, with Morgan in pretence for Sir Charles Morgan, 1st Bt. (1726-1806) and his wife Jane, eldest daughter of Thomas Morgan (d. 1771).

Acquired Walter H. Willson Ltd., London, October 1957.

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The arms are those of Morgan quartering Gould, with Morgan in pretence for Sir Charles Morgan, 1st Bt. (1726-1806) and his wife Jane, eldest daughter of Thomas Morgan (d. 1771).