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A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE III SILVER TEASPOONS AND A PAIR OF SUGAR NIPS EN SUITE
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A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE III SILVER TEASPOONS AND A PAIR OF SUGAR NIPS EN SUITE

MARK OF JOHN ROBINS, LONDON, 1818

Closed8 February 2024

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GBP 3,780

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A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE III SILVER TEASPOONS AND A PAIR OF SUGAR NIPS EN SUITE
MARK OF JOHN ROBINS, LONDON, 1818
The spoons and nips with melon fluted bowls, the openwork handles with paired stems and scroll finials, the centre of the nips engraved with two crests, marked on handles
The tongs 5 5⁄8 in. (14.3 cm.) long
The spoons 5 ¼ in. (13.5 cm.) long
10 oz. 19 dwt. (342 gr.)
The crests are those of Beckford and Hamilton, for William Beckford (1760-1844), of Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire.

William Beckford (1760-1844), of Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire, later Lansdown Tower, Bath, by descent to his daughter,
Susanna Euphemia, Duchess of Hamilton (1786-1858) wife of Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton (1767-1852), then by descent to,
Angus Alan Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton and 12th Duke of Brandon (1938-2010).