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Property from a European Private Collection

A George III silver salver, Richard Rugg, London, 1780

Lot Closed

November 9, 03:27 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 4,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a European Private Collection

A George III silver salver, Richard Rugg, London, 1780


Shaped-circular form with a beaded border, on four claw and ball feet, the centre engraved with a coat-of-arms,

42cm., 16 ½in. diameter

1863gr., 60oz.

Philip Berney Ficklin (3 October 1849 – 31 October 1917), Tashburgh Hall, Norfolk
H. Perovetz Ltd, London, £4,000

The arms are those of Ficklin impaling Mackintosh for Philip Berney Ficklin (3 October 1849 – 31 October 1917), a solicitor, of Tashburgh Hall, Norfolk, son of the Rev. Philip Utton Brown (1813-1890) and his wife, Mary Horatia Russell (née Ficklin, 1821-1896). He assumed the name and arms of Ficklin by Royal Licence dated 28 November 1888, under the will of his great uncle, Thomas John Ficklin (1796-1888) of Linton, Cambridgeshire. Mr. Ficklin was married at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Glasgow, on 18 July 1888 to Janet Margaret Tennant ‘Rita’ (11 December 1862 – 23 June 1921), only child of Dr. Alexander Mackintosh of Woodside Place, Glasgow, and his wife, Janet (née Tennent)


For the pedigree of Ficklin of Tashbugh Hall, Norfolk, and an illustration of Philip Berney Ficklin’s coat-of-arms, see Frederick Arthur Crisp, editor, Visitation of England and Wales, vol. 19, privately printed, 1917, pp. 148-150.