A George I Silver-Gilt Dessert Service for Eighteen, Samuel Hitchcock and William Woodward, London, 1721 and Circa
Auction Closed
January 30, 06:14 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Old English pattern, the knives and forks with octagonal pistol handles, the spoons with rat-tail bowls, the forks with three prongs, engraved with crest and coronet, comprising:
eighteen dessert knives, eighteen dessert forks and eighteen dessert spoons, comprising sixteen by Samuel Hitchcock, 1721, Britannia Standard, and two by Elias Cachart, 1758, the handles of the knives and forks by William Woodward, some with unclear marks
54 pieces
85 1/2 oz gross including loaded handles
2659g
The crest is that of Brooke, probably for William, Baron Brooke, who married in 1716 Mary, daughter and co-heiress of the Honorable Henry Thynne. The two later spoons of 1758 show an earl's coronet, so probably belonged to his son Francis, created Earl Brooke in 1746 and Earl of Warwick in 1759.
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