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A GEORGE III SILVER TOASTED CHEESE DISH
Lot 487

A GEORGE III SILVER TOASTED CHEESE DISH

MARK OF WILLIAM EATON, LONDON, 1818

Closed14 November 2019

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A GEORGE III SILVER TOASTED CHEESE DISH
MARK OF WILLIAM EATON, LONDON, 1818
Oblong, with gadrooned borders, the hot water compartment with filling spout between one of the two reeded handles, the hinged cover with baron's coronet on cushion finial, the cover engraved with coat-of-arms within motto, the dish engraved on side and interior with a crest, fitted with six square silver-plated dishes, marked on body, in cover and on finial
12 ½ in. (31.8 cm.) long
50 oz. 19 dwt. (1,586 gr.)
The arms are those of Stewart quartering another with a crescent for difference within the motto of the Order of the Bath, for Charles Stewart, Baron Stewart G.C.B. (1778-1854), later 3rd Marquess of Londonderry K.G., second son of Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry (1739-1821).

Charles Stewart, Baron Stewart G.C.B. (1778-1854), later 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, then by descent.

Specialist note

Baron Stewart, later 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (1778-1854), fought with Wellington in many of his campaigns and was a politican and diplomat of note. He started his army career in 1794. Whilst in the Regiment of Foot, he fought in the Netherlands and the Rhine. He was Aide-de-camp to his uncle Charles, 2nd Earl Camden (1759-1840) and from 1803 he was aide-de-camp to the King. Whilst M.P. Thomastown in 1798, he was made Under-Secretary in Ireland and became Under-Secretary of State for War in 1807.
He then fought in the Portuguese Campaign of 1808. He returned to the Iberian peninsula on a number of occasions. Stewart was made a Knight of the Bath in 1813 when he was sent as British minister in the court of Berlin. In 1814 he was created Baron Stewart of Stewart's Court and Ballylawn, co. Donegall. In the same year he was sent to Vienna as Ambassador. On his brother's death in 1822, he became 3rd Marquess of Londonderry.