Live Auction 15491The Collector: Silver &19th Century Furniture, Sculpture & Works of Art
TWO PAIRS OF GEORGE II SILVER MEAT-DISHES
Lot 420

TWO PAIRS OF GEORGE II SILVER MEAT-DISHES

MARK OF PETER ARCHAMBO AND PETER MEURE, LONDON, 1752 AND 1753

Closed24 May 2018

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TWO PAIRS OF GEORGE II SILVER MEAT-DISHES
MARK OF PETER ARCHAMBO AND PETER MEURE, LONDON, 1752 AND 1753
Each shaped oval and with gadrooned border with shell ends, engraved with a coat-of-arms below a viscount's coronet, marked underneath, the smaller dishes engraved underneath with scratch weights '51:12' and '50:13 ½'
21 1/8 in. (53.5 cm.) wide and 19 1/8 in. (48.5 cm.) wide
217 oz. 1 dwt. (6,768 gr.)
The arms are those of Conyngham quartering Williams with Merretto in pretence, for Henry Conyngham, 1st Baron and 1st Viscount Conyngham, later Earl Conyngham (1705-1781) and his wife Ellen (d. 1816), only daughter and heir of Samuel Merretto, whom he married in 1744.

Henry Conyngham, 1st Baron and 1st Viscount Conyngham, later Earl Conyngham (1705-1781), and then by descent to his nephew
Francis Pierpont Burton Conyngham, 2nd Baron Conyngham (c.1725-1787), and then by descent to his son
Henry, 3rd Baron and 1st Marquess Conyngham (1766-1832), and then by descent to
Victor George Henry Francis, 5th Marquess of Conyngham, deceased, now sold by Order of the Trustees; Christie's, London, 10 February 1938, lot 29, (part, £126 to Nield).