A George III silver basket, Wakelin & Taylor, London, 1790
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October 14, 11:42 AM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
A George III silver basket, Wakelin & Taylor, London, 1790
circular, the openwork sides formed as reeded lattice, with rope band upper rim and rope twist swing handle, the base chased with band of stiff leaves, the centre engraved with a crest and coronet
diameter 10¼in.; weight 40oz.; 26 cm.; 1135 gr.
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Panier à pain George III en argent par John Wakelin et William Taylor, Londres, 1790
rond, les côtés ajourés en treillis, décoré d'une bande de filets sur le bord, l'anse mobile moulurée de filets torses, la base ciselée d'une frise de feuilles, le centre gravé d'un cimier couronné
diameter 10¼in.; weight 40oz.; 26 cm.; 1135 gr.
Henry Somerset, Marquess of Worcester, later 6th Duke of Beaufort
Sotheby's New York, 26 April 2008, lot 283
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Henry Somerset, Marquess of Worcester, later 6th Duke of Beaufort
Sotheby's New York, 26 avril 2008, lot 283
The crest and coronet are those of Henry Charles Somerset (22 December 1766 – 23 November 1835), Marquess of Worcester, who succeed upon the death of his father on 11 October 1803 as 6th Duke of Beaufort. On 16 May 1791 he married at Lambeth Church, Surrey, Charlotte Sophia (11 January 1771 – 12 Augustus 1854), daughter of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, by whom he had four sons and eight daughters. The Duke, who was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Oxford, was M.P. for Monmouth between 1788 and 1790, for Bristol between 1790 and 1796 and for Gloucestershire from 1796 to 1803. In addition to several other posts, he was Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire from 1803 until his death. At the Coronation of William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen on 8 September 1831 he bore the Queen’s crown. According to The Complete Peerage, ‘he was a man of generous disposition, plain and straightforward in his speech, punctual in his dealings, and of strict integrity. he was kind and open in his manner, very benevolent in his conduct, and always willing to oblige.’
As the Marquess of Worcester, the 6th Duke of Bedford appears in the Wakelin & Taylor ledgers. (Luke Schrager, ‘The royal and aristocratic patronage of Wakelin & Taylor,’ Silver Studies, London, 2006, p. 100) This basket may be the ‘one bread basket’ (no weight given) listed by James Cox of Tetbury in the inventory of plate at Badminton in 1835, following the death of the 6th Duke (reproduced in The Silver Society Journal supplement, London, Autumn 1995, p. 27).
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