A PAIR OF QUEEN ANNE SNUFFERS AND SNUFFERS TRAY FROM THE WARRINGTON PLATE
LONDON, 1710, BRITANNIA STANDARD, THE SNUFFERS WITH MARK OF AUGUSTIN COURTAULD AND THE TRAY WITH MARK OF ISAAC LIGER
On four scroll feet, the rectangular tray with cut-corners and moulded border, the side handle facetted and pear-shaped with baluster finial, each engraved with a differing coat-of-arms with earl's coronet above, marked to underside of tray, on scissors and cover, engraved with scratchweights 10=6 and 4=1
the tray 7 1/2 in. (19 cm.) long; the snuffers 6 in. (15.2 cm.) long
13 oz. 2 dwt. (430 gr.)
The arms on the tray are those of George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington (1675-1758), of Dunham Massey, Cheshire.
The arms on the snuffers are those of George Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford (1737-1819), grandson of the 2nd Earl of Warrington, and his wife, Henrietta Bentinck.
A PAIR OF QUEEN ANNE SNUFFERS AND SNUFFERS TRAY FROM THE WARRINGTON PLATE
LONDON, 1710, BRITANNIA STANDARD, THE SNUFFERS WITH MARK OF AUGUSTIN COURTAULD AND THE TRAY WITH MARK OF ISAAC LIGER
On four scroll feet, the rectangular tray with cut-corners and moulded border, the side handle facetted and pear-shaped with baluster finial, each engraved with a differing coat-of-arms with earl's coronet above, marked to underside of tray, on scissors and cover, engraved with scratchweights 10=6 and 4=1
the tray 7 1/2 in. (19 cm.) long; the snuffers 6 in. (15.2 cm.) long
13 oz. 2 dwt. (430 gr.)
The arms on the tray are those of George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington (1675-1758), of Dunham Massey, Cheshire.
The arms on the snuffers are those of George Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford (1737-1819), grandson of the 2nd Earl of Warrington, and his wife, Henrietta Bentinck.
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