A GEORGE III SILVER BASKET AND STAND
Lot 214 PROPERTY OF A SWISS COLLECTOR (LOTS 214 AND 215)

A GEORGE III SILVER BASKET AND STAND

MARK OF JOHN WAKELIN AND ROBERT GARRARD, LONDON, 1795

Closed15 July 2020

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A GEORGE III SILVER BASKET AND STAND
MARK OF JOHN WAKELIN AND ROBERT GARRARD, LONDON, 1795
Oval, the stand and basket each on four acanthus bud feet, the sides pierced with flutes and applied with husks, applied twice with a circular ribbon-tied cartouche engraved with a coat-of-arms, the basket with ram's mask drop-ring handles, with glass liner, marked underneath the stand and basket
the stand 15 ¼ in. (38.6 cm.) long
85 oz. 11 dwt. (2,662 gr.)
The arms are those of Isted impaling Percy, for Samuel Isted (1750-1827) of Ecton, co. Northampton, and his wife Barbara, daughter and eventual heir of Thomas Percy, Bishop of Dromore, whom he married at St. George's Hanover Square, London, in 1795.

Samuel Isted (1750-1827) of Ecton, co. Northampton.
with M. P. Levene Limited, London.

Specialist note

The design for this model was first introduced by John Wakelin and William Taylor circa 1787 remaining popular throughout the 1790s.