Property of a Lady
THE FOLEY SERVICE: A PAIR OF REGENCY SILVER ENTRÉE DISHES AND COVERS ON PLATED WARMING STANDS, BENJAMIN SMITH III, LONDON, 1819
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October 25, 08:20 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Property of a Lady
THE FOLEY SERVICE: A PAIR OF REGENCY SILVER ENTRÉE DISHES AND COVERS ON PLATED WARMING STANDS, BENJAMIN SMITH III, LONDON, 1819
the cover and dish each engraved twice with arms and motto UT PROSSIM, applied with borders of flowers, matched at the handles, the stands on four paw feet
marked on dishes, covers, and handles
150 oz excluding plated bases
4665 g
length of stands over handles 12 in.
30.5 cm
Sotheby's New York, October 21, 1997, lot 174
The arms are those of Foley quartering Hodgetts for Edward Thomas Foley of Stoke Edith Park, co. Hereford, D.C.L., b. 1790. In 1832, he married Lady Emily Graham, 4th daughter of James, 3rd Duke of Montrose. He died in 1846.