A GEORGE III SILVER STRAIGHT-TAPERED KITCHEN CASTER BY ROBERT HENNELL I

A GEORGE III SILVER STRAIGHT-TAPERED KITCHEN CASTER BY ROBERT HENNELL ILONDON 1789With a ball finial to the pierced domed cover, a threaded loop handle, engraved with a shield beneath a coronet, 8.5cm (3 1/2in) high, 69g (2.2 oz) The arms are for Lionel TOLLEMACHE (1734-1799), the 5th Earl of Dysart in the Peerage of Scotland and his second wife Magdalene LEWIS the second daughter of Dr. David LEWIS (died 1773) of Malvern Hall, Warwick by Mary GRESWOLD (died 1757), having married in 1744. Lionel TOLLEMACHE was the son of Lionel TOLLEMACHE (1708-1770), the 4th Earl of Dysart by Grace CARTERET (1713-1755) daughter of John CARTERET (1690-1763), 2nd Earl Granville. Until he inherited the Earldom in 1770, he was styled as Lord Huntingtower and gained much notoriety when he married in 1760, without his father's consent, Charlotte WALPOLE (1738-1789) daughter of Sir Edward WALPOLE (1706-1784). There was no issue from either his first marriage or second marriage in 1791 to Magdalene LEWIS and on his death he was succeeded by his younger brother Wilbraham TOLLEMACHE (1739-1821), 6th Earl of Dysart who had married Anna LEWIS, sister of Magdalene.Clearly the representation of the TOLLEMARCHE arms relates to the period of the 5th Earl's second marriage, that began in 1791, and possibly the widowhood of his second wife (died 1833), who he had pre-deceased. As a result the engraving may have been made sometime after the 1789 assay. That it occurs in a lozenge is not untypical of the practice of that period and we can state with some certainty that the engraving was intended for use by his second wife in the period of her widowhood. The couple had no issue so the lozenge could not have been made to a daughter.Condition Report: Repaired on the inside by top handle fixing by a strip being soldered in. Marks worn, more readable on cover rebate, engraving goodCondition Report Disclaimer