A GEORGE III SILVER TWO-HANDLED TRAY
A GEORGE III SILVER TWO-HANDLED TRAY
MARK OF WILLIAM FOUNTAIN, LONDON, 1808
Oval with gadrooned rim and leaf-capped handles, engraved with a later crest and motto, marked underneath
27 ½ in. (70 cm.) long
109 oz. 3 dwt. (3,396 gr.)
The crest is that of Sidebotham, almost certainly for Joseph Sidebotham J.P., F.S.A. (1824-1882) of Erlesdene, Bowden, Manchester, M.P. for Hyde from 1886. The same crest and motto appears in an heraldic stained glass window in his memory at St. Anne's Church, Haughton.
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Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 18 June 2014, lot 114.
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A GEORGE III SILVER TWO-HANDLED TRAY
MARK OF WILLIAM FOUNTAIN, LONDON, 1808
Oval with gadrooned rim and leaf-capped handles, engraved with a later crest and motto, marked underneath
27 ½ in. (70 cm.) long
109 oz. 3 dwt. (3,396 gr.)
The crest is that of Sidebotham, almost certainly for Joseph Sidebotham J.P., F.S.A. (1824-1882) of Erlesdene, Bowden, Manchester, M.P. for Hyde from 1886. The same crest and motto appears in an heraldic stained glass window in his memory at St. Anne's Church, Haughton.
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Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 18 June 2014, lot 114.
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