A George I Silver-Gilt Salver, David Willaume, London, 1715
Auction Closed
January 30, 06:14 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 10,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
circular, on four scroll feet (applied circa 1730), with a gadroon and acanthus border with an inner band of scrolls and fleurs-de-lis, the center with an applied disc chased with a coat-of-arms, the underside with cut-card work where there would once have been a screw-on central foot, marked on the base
73 oz; 2270 g
diameter 13 1/2 in.; 34 cm
Christie's, Geneva, 15 May 1985, lot 91.
The arms are those of Theophilus Hastings, 9th Earl of Huntingdon (1696-1746) who succeeded to the earldom after the early death by fever of his half-brother George in 1705.
He went on the Grand Tour in 1724 and married Lady Shirley Selina, daughter of 2nd Earl Ferrers in 1728. The couple lived at Donnington Hall, Leicestershire.
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