A GEORGE III SILVER BASKET
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A GEORGE III SILVER BASKET

MARK OF WILLIAM PLUMMER, LONDON, 1765

已結束2018年11月14日

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A GEORGE III SILVER BASKET
MARK OF WILLIAM PLUMMER, LONDON, 1765
Shaped oval, the sides pierced with alternating panels of latticework and foliage scrolls, with overhead openwork swing handle, cast with busts on each side, engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked on side and handle
16 ¾ in. (42.2 cm.) wide
74 oz. 16 dwt. (2,327 gr.)
The arms are those of Chernocke quartering another and impaling Harris, for Sir Villiers Chernocke 4th Bt. (d.1779) and his wife Sophia (d.1789), daughter of Roger Harris, whom he married in 1746. A very fine tomb by the sculptor Samuel Walldin was raised in Sir Villiers' memory and can be seen in the north aisle of Winchester Cathedral.