A Pair of George III Silver Double-lipped Sauce Boats, John Parker I & Edward Wakelin, London, 1767

of shaped oval double bellied form, with molded gadroon rims rising at sides to form bifurcated scroll handles above applied acanthus leaves, both engraved on one side with contemporary crest and viscount's coronet, raised on shaped oval foot chased with gadroon band, marked on bases and with scratch weights 16=16, 16=13

Christie's, New York, 27 October 1992, lot 343.

one with foot pushed up into base a little, minor dings but not through, overall wear, and to crests, otherwise good condition
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The crests is that of Howe, probably for Richard Howe (1726-1799), 4^th Viscount Howe, created 1^st Earl Howe in 1788.  Howe, also known as "Black Dick" due to his swarthy complexion, began his naval career in 1740 aboard the Severn.  By 1746 he had been made commander of the sloop Baltimore in the North Sea, upon which he was severely wounded in the head while engaged with two French privateers.  In 1762 Howe was elected MP for Dartmouth, and from 1765 to 1770 he served as treasurer of the Navy.  Known to be sympathetic to the American colonists, Howe was dispatched to America in 1776.  He wrote to Benjamin Franklin, a friend of his sister, in an effort to promote peace, and negotiated with the Second Continental Congress.  When his peacemaking efforts failed to yield positive results, Howe attempted to resign his command in 1778.  However before his resignation could take effect the French declared war and Howe was reluctantly forced to take a defensive stance.  His squadron was outnumbered during the Comte d'Estaing's attempt to take Newport, RI, but Howe cleverly out-maneuvered d'Estaing at Sandy Hook to defeat the French admiral's fleet.  He returned to England in 1779, and three years later was appointed an Admiral as Commander-in-Chief.  He sailed to Gibraltar in September 1782 with thirty-four ships of the line and relieved the fortress without loss. The relief of Gibraltar was an achievement of particular pride for Howe and it was said that "Lord Howe always spoke of it to his dying day as the greatest he had ever performed."  In 1794 he was again given command of the Channel fleet upon the outbreak of the War of the First coalition against France.  With twenty ships he defeated twenty-seven French ships under the command of Villaret-Joyeuse.  Howe married in 1758 Mary, daughter and co-heir of Colonel Chiverton Hartop of Welby, Leicestershire.  The couple had two daughters.  The present lot is recorded in Parker & Wakelin's 1767 Gentleman's Ledger as:

The Rt. Honble. Lord How Debtor 1767                                                    oz.        dwt.     @        £          s           d
Octr. 6
To 4 Double Lip'd Sauceboats 68        0          8/8       29        9          4
To 4 Shell Sauce Spoon             7          4          5/8        2         1          -
To making     6/-each                                                                     1          4