A GEORGE III SILVER WRYTHEN BALUSTER EWER

A GEORGE III SILVER WRYTHEN BALUSTER EWER MAKER'S MARK I.B OVER W.I (NOT TRACED), LONDON CIRCA 1765 With a foliate finial to the domed cover, a wicker wrapped scroll handle, the body with alternating beaded and foliate decoration, to a conforming circular moulded foot, engraved 'To my Godson Dudley Churchill Marjoribanks on his baptism from his Grandfather and Godfather Marlborough. 1874.' 33cm (13in) high 1180g (37.95 oz) grossProvenance: From the Collection of Pablo Bronstein Provenance: Chiswick Auctions, Silver & Objects of Vertu, 24th August 2020, Lot 375Dudley Churchill Majoribanks (1874-1935), 3rd Baron Tweedmouth, was the son of Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth and Lady Fanny Spencer-Churchill, the daughter of the 7th Duke of Marlborough. He had a distinguished career in the British army achieving the rank of Lieutenant colonel, and was Lord-in-waiting to Edward VII and George V.