A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE II SILVER TWO-PRONGED TABLE FORKS
Lot 163

A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE II SILVER TWO-PRONGED TABLE FORKS

MARK OF PAUL HANET, LONDON, 1728

Closed7 July 2023

Price Realised

GBP 6,300

More Information

Conditions of Sale
How to sell

A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE II SILVER TWO-PRONGED TABLE FORKS
MARK OF PAUL HANET, LONDON, 1728
Hanoverian pattern, each with two rounded tines, engraved with a lozenge-of-arms, marked on handles
7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm.) long
24 oz. 13 dwt. (767 gr.)
The arms are those of Norcliffe with Hesketh in pretence, for Mary Norcliffe (1675- 1739), widow of Fairfax Norcliffe of Langton (1674-1720). She was daugher and co-heir of Thomas Hesketh of Heslington.

Mary Hesketh (1675-1739), widow of Fairfax Norcliffe of Langton (1674-1720).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 22 April 1998, lot 315.

Specialist note


Mary Norcliffe left detailed instructions in her will regarding her funeral and the inscription to be engraved on her tomb, which can be found in Ripon Cathedral.