Property from the Estate of Andrew Hartnagle
A PAIR OF REGENCY SILVER VEGETABLE DISHES AND COVERS, JOSEPH ANGELL, LONDON, 1813
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April 22, 02:32 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Property from the Estate of Andrew Hartnagle
A PAIR OF REGENCY SILVER VEGETABLE DISHES AND COVERS, JOSEPH ANGELL, LONDON, 1813
the dishes engraved twice with a crest and garter motto, the covers with crest, arms within a foliate cartouche, a presentation inscription, and an oval scene of naval engagements, with slip-lock handles
marked on dishes, covers and handles
120 oz
3732 g
length 11⅞ in.
30.2 cm
Christie's New York, April 12, 1988, lot 10
The arms, crest and motto are those of Hay.
The inscription on the covers reads Presented as a Tribute of Gratitude by the Underwriters of London and elsewhere interested in the Hon.ble East India Company's Ship Astell, Robert Hay Esquire, Commander, for his most gallant and successful defense of that Valuable Ship in which duty he was severely wounded on the Third day of July 1810 when attacked by a greatly superior French force on his voyage to Calcutta, and from which he nobly extricated his important Charge, through the perils of a most sanguinary and unequal Contest.