George III
George III
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1767
Francis Butty and Nicholas Dumee
8326 Pair of George III Silver Strawberry Dishes
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A delightful pair of antique sterling silver serving dishes of circular form with a scalloped border. Good plain style. The centres have a hand engraved crest within a shield and decorative cartouche. Originally intended for strawberries and/or salad. Good colour. Weight 697 grams, 22.4 troy ounces. Diameter 22 cms. Height 3.5 cms. London 1767. Maker Francis Butty and Nicholas Dumee.
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1782
William Sumner
8451 Antique George III Silver Soup Ladle
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A good quality antique sterling silver ladle in the popular Old English pattern. Good plain style. Weight 131 grams, 4.2 troy ounces. Length 31 cms. Diameter of bowl 9 cms. London 1782. Maker William Suumner I (mark entered in 1782).
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1769
Sebastian & James Crespel
8556 Antique George III Silver Serving Dish and Mazerine
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An excellent Georgian sterling silver meat dish, or serving dish, of shaped oval form with an applied gadroon border. It’s very rare to find an antique dish like this still complete with its original mazerine strainer. Hand engraved to one side of the platter and to the centre of the strainer with a hand engraved armorial. Marked number 17, this platter has come from a very large and important dinner service. Total weight 2984 grams (2409+575), 95.9 troy ounces. Platter length 51 cms, width 37.5 cms. Mazerine length 42 cms, width 28.5 cms. London 1769. Maker Sebastian James Crespell.
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Circa 1795
8731 Antique French Silver Tea Caddy Box
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A very smart antique silver caddy box of plain rectagonal form having a hinged lid and original gilt interior. This delightful tea box has a band of hand engraved decoration around the sides and on the lid. Weight 346 grams, 11.1 troy ounces. Height 10.5 cms. Top 6 x 9.5 cms. Marked on top, around the top edge of the body and underneath with French silver marks. Circa 1795. High grade 935 silver.
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1762
Samuel Whitford I
8863 George III Silver Mug
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An excellent antique sterling silver mug of shapely baluster form having a scroll handle with acanthus leaf decoration. Good size. Classic plain style. Hand engraved to the front with a crest over inials in old fashioned gothic script. Contains 450 ml. Weight 332 grams, 10.6 troy ounces. Height 12,3 cms. Spread 12 cms. Diameter 8.2 cms (top). London 1762. Maker probably Samuel Whitford I.
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1790
James Young
8969 George III Silver Platters
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A rare pair of antique sterling silver serving plates of octagonal form. Elegant plain design and gadroon borders. Each has a coat of arms with the motto “Altiora in Votis” – “Aim High” hand engraved to the top rim and an ornate crest of a squirrel to the bottom rim. Weight 2025 grams, 65,1 troy ounces. Outside measures 35×23.5 cms. Inside measures 28×16.5 cms. London 1790. Maker James Young.
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Circa 1770
Georg Carl Brenner
9060 Antique German Silver Chocolate Pot
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A rare early German antique silver chocolate pot of baluster form with a turned wood side handle. Good weight. The lid is detachable, so that the chocolate can be stirred, and is held in place by a pin and chain. The top finial is fixed. Gilded inside. Weight 442 grams, 14.2 troy ounces. Height 16.5 cms. Spread across handle 15.5 cms. German silver marks for Hanover circa 1770. Maker Georg Carl Brenner.
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1774
John Payne
9174 George III Silver Mug
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A good looking antique sterling silver mug of baluster form with scroll handle. Classic plain style. With hand engraved owners initials on the handle (more usually found on the lidded tankards of this period). Contains 450 ml. Weight 364 grams, 11.7 troy ounces. Height 12 cm. Spread 12.4 cm. Diameter 8.2 cm (top). London 1774. Maker John Payne.
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1812 - 1815
Eley‚ Fearn & Chawner
9254 Canteen of Georgian Silver Cutlery for 12
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An extensive set of antique sterling silver cutlery for 12 people. 84 pieces. Very elegant fiddle, thread and shell pattern. Together with a full set of vintage sterling silver knives. The flatware all has a hand engraved crest of an elephant. Weight excluding knives 3288 grams, 105.7 troy ounces. Flatware all by Eley Fearn & Chawner London 1812 (except the 12 dessert forks London 1815, no makers mark). Knives by Vanders, Sheffield 1982.
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1762
John Hyatt And Charles Semore
9328 George III Antique Silver Candlesticks
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A good pair of antique sterling silver candle holders with shell corners and detachable sconces. Very attractive design and heavy cast silver. Each has a hand engraved crest, both to one corner of the base and also to the front centre of the base. Weight 854 grams, 27.4 troy ounces. Height 20 cm. Base 10.7 x 10.7 cm. London 1762. Maker John Hyatt and Charles Semore.
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1783
Thomas Wallis I
9393 George III Silver Mug
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A plain styled antique sterling silver mug of baluster form with a shaped scroll handle and acanthus mount. Excellent quality. Good gauge silver. Uninscribed. Contains 550 ml, 1 imperial pint. Weight 343 grams, 11 troy ounces. Height 13.5cm. Diameter 8.4cm (top). London 1783. Maker Thomas Wallis.
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1802
Thomas Willmore
6008 Georgian Silver Nutmeg Grater
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A delightful little antique sterling silver box of oval shape with bright cut engraving. The top and bottom ends both pull off. Weight 15 grams. Height 2 cms. Width 3 cms. Marked inside the top for Birmingham 1802. Maker Thomas Willmore.
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1811
Thomas Robins
6717 Pair of Georgian Silver Sauce Tureens with the Royal Windsor Coat of Arms
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An exceptionally fine pair of antique sterling silver sauce tureens of oval form on shaped claw feet. The quality and gauge of silver needs to be seen to be believed. Each tureen is decorated with broad shell and gadroon borders and the shell motif is repeated on the handles and feet. Engraved to both sides of each tureen there is a large hand engraved armorial and to each top there’s a double engraved crest. Motto “Je me fie en dieu”. These are the arms of the Windsor family, the royal house of Great Britain. Weight 2599 grams, 83.5 troy ounces. Height 15.5 cms. Spread 24 cms. Length 19 cms. Width 13.5 cms. The lids are numbered 2 and 3, so they are part of a larger set, London 1811. Maker Thomas Robins, known for his good quality dinner wares.
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1774
William Grundy
7203 Large George III Silver Mug
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An impressive antique sterling silver tankard with baluster form on a spreading foot. The broad curved handle has strapwork decoration to the top, a geometric tail piece at the bottom and hand engraved initials. Unusual large size. Good proportions and excellent colour. Contains 950 ml. Weight 550 grams, 17.1 troy ounces. Height 15 cms. London 1774. Maker William Grundy.
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1791
Peter & Ann Bateman
7649 Antique Silver Cream Jug
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A charming antique sterling silver jug with slender vase shape, sweeping handle and square foot. Fine engraved detail, as you’d expect from the Bateman family, with bright cut borders, trails of ribbons and foliage, and a vacant cartouche to the front. Excellent condition. Original gilt interior. Weight 106 grams, 3.4 troy ounces. Height 15 (to top of handle). Spread 11 cms. Base 5 x 5 cms. London 1791. Maker Peter and Ann Bateman.
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1770
7890 Pair of Antique George III Silver Tea Caddies
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An elegant pair of antique sterling silver tea boxes of plain serpentine form having gadroon borders and cast leaf scroll feet and ornaments. With domed pull off lids. Weight 661 grams, 21.2 troy ounces. Height 16 cms. Base 9.75 x 8.25 cms. London 1770. Maker “SW”.
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1804
John Crouch & Thomas Hannam
8061 Antique George III Silver Tray
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An elegant antique sterling silver tray of oval form and raised on splay feet. Classical style with a gadroon border and side carrying handles. The centre has deep hand chased decoration with flowers, leaves and scrolls. In the middle there is a very pretty shell engraved cartouche with an initial in old fashioned cursive script. Weight 2468 grams, 79.3 troy ounces. Spread across handles 61.5 cms. Length 52 cms. Width 38 cms. London 1804. Maker Hannam & Crouch.
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Circa 1760
Pierre Liotard
8188 Antique French Silver Ecuelle
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18th century French provincial silver. An excellent quality antique silver lidded serving dish with elegant plain style and acanthus leaf side handles. The lid has a hand engraved cartouche, with tassles and a bishop’s hat, containing an armorial almost certainly for Bishop Dominique d’Inguimbert. Weight 618 grams, 19.8 troy ounces. Height 9.2cm. Spread across handles 28cm. Diameter 16.3cm. Marked on both pieces with French provincial silver marks for the ancient French town Carpentras. Maker Pierre Liotard. Circa 1760.
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1771
Carolus Benninck
8331 Antique Belgian Silver Spoon
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An early Belgian silver serving spoon of plain form from Brugge. Large size. Heavy gauge silver. Engraved initials to the end of the handle (reverse side). Weight 141 grams, 4.5 troy ounces. Length 29 cms. Fully marked on the back with Belgian silver stamps for Bruges 1771. Maker Carolus Benninck.
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1792
8452 Antique George III Silver Toddy Ladle
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An antique sterling silver ladle inset with a Georgian silver crown. Elegant slim design with a long, twisted horn handle with a silver tip. The Georgian silver coin has the head of King George on top, and the date 1789 and armorials for England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland on the reverse. Weight 40 grams, 1.2 troy ounces. Length 33.5 cms. Bowl 7 x 5.2 cms. London 1792. Makers marks uncertain. looks like GG overstruck with PB.
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1816 - 1820
Rebecca Emes & Edward Barnard I
8564 Georgian Silver Egg Cruet
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A very decorative antique sterling silver egg frame with 4 egg cups and a salt cellar, with hinged handle, at the top. Typical ornament of the period with broad gadroon borders, acanthus mounted supports and splay shell feet. The cups and salt all have the original gilt interiors. Supplied with a matched set of 4 antique sterling silver egg spoons. Weight (excluding spoons) 736 grams, 23.6 troy ounces. Total height 20 cms (to top of handle). Base of frame 13.5 x 13.5 cms. Egg cruet frame and egg cups – London 1816/17/20, maker Emes & Barnard. Spoons – London 1833, maker William Chawner.
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1777
Fenton‚ Creswick & Co Ltd
8732 Antique George III Silver Salts
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An elegant pair of antique sterling silver salts of oval form with pretty pierced decoration with swags. Blue glass liners. Lovely classical style with bead borders and standing on pierced shaped feet. To the front there is a hand engraved crest within a shield. Owners initials underneath. Weight of silver 105 grams, 3.3 troy ounces. Height 5 cms. Top measures 8.5 x 6.25 cms. Sheffield 1777. Maker Fenton, Creswick & Co.
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1791
Peter & Ann Bateman
8868 George III Silver Beakers
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A charming pair of antique sterling silver drinking cups of straight tapering form with flared tops. With attractive planished bodies, each has a fancy cartouche containing a crest. Original gilt interiors. Total weight 193 grams, 6.2 troy ounces. Each contains 100 ml. Height 8 cms. Diameter 6.5 cms. London 1791. Maker Peter & Ann Bateman.
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1805
Peter & William Bateman
8979 George III Silver Goblet
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An elegant antique sterling silver drinking chalice with a tapering bowl on a spreading base. Classic plain style and borders. Original bright gilt interior. Hand engraved to the front is a good family armorial within a shield. Contains 250 ml. Weight 187 grams, 8.1 troy ounces. Height 11.8 cms. Diameter 6 cms. London 1805. Maker Peter & William Bateman.
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1765
John Langland
9064 George III Newcastle Silver Lidded Tankard
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Provincial silver. A good antique sterling silver tankard with domed hinged lid and plain baluster design. The handle has attractive strapwork to the top and a heart shape decoration to the base. Good size. Contains 1,050ml. Weight 846 grams, 27.2 troy ounces. Height 12 cms (to top of thumbpiece). Diameter 10.3 cms (top), 12 (base). Spread 18 cms. Newcastle 1765. Maker John Langland.
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1772
Charles Townsend
9175 Antique Irish Silver Lidded Tankard
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A very large size George III antique silver tankard of baluster form with a domed lid. Sterling silver. Good plain style. The handle has ornamental strapwork topped by an attractive thumbpiece. To the front there is a large hand engraved armorial within a decorative cartouche. Contains 1480 ml, 3 pints. Weight 1104 grams, 35.4 troy ounces. Height 23 cm. Spread 18 cm. Diameter of top 11.2 cm. Dublin 1772. Maker Charles Townsend.
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Circa 1800
9260 Antique Scottish Silver Snuff Mull
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A charming antique silver mounted horn snuff box, the hinged lid with a silver mount and large Scottish thistle. The quality of the horn is particularly good. Length 7.5 cms. Diameter 3.7 cms. Unmarked silver. Most probably Scottish. Circa 1800.
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1808
Benjamin Smith
9331 George III Silver Wine Label
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A large and fine antique silver bottle ticket with deep relief grape vine decoration. Across the centre there is a banner with the pierced title “PORT”. Weight 64 grams, 2 troy ounces. Height 7.5 cm. Width 8 cm. London 1808. Maker Benjamin Smith. Makes a pair with #9330
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Circa 1790
3289 Antique Continental Silver Tobacco Box
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A good 18th century silver tobacco box with long hinged lid and original gilt interior. The bright cut decoration is particularly fine. Weight 229 grams, 7.3 troy ounces.Length 14.5 cms. Depth 6.25 cms. Height 3 cms. Continental silver hallmarks (2 silver marks stamped on the inner rim of the box). Circa 1790.
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1808
Eley‚ Fearn & Chawner
6017 George III Silver Serving Tongs
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A plain style pair of antique sterling silver asparagus tongs (or chop tongs) with strap work decoration to one side and an engraved crest of a stag to the end. Weight 173 grams, 5.5 troy ounces, Length 22.5 cms. London 1808. Maker Eley Fearn & Chawner.
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1816
Naphtali Hart
6722 Georgian Silver Tea Set
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An elegant antique sterling silver tea set of rectangular form with gadroon borders and acanthus leaf mounted handles. Decorated with bands of bright cut dot engraving and a broad central band of acorns and leaves. The engraved silver finial is in the form of a flower. Original gilt interior to the jug and bowl. Weight 1154 grams, 27.1 troy ounces. Teapot contains 900 ml, height 15 cms, spread 29 cms. London 1816. Maker Napthali Hart.
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1786
Hester Bateman
7246 Pair of George III Salts by Hester Bateman
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An elegant pair of antique sterling silver salts of oval form by this very sought after lady silversmith. Plain classical style with bead borders, bands of bright cut engraving and a pierced scrollwork frieze. There is an engraved crest within an oval cartouche to the front. Original blue glass liners. Weight of silver 109 grams, 3.5 troy ounces. Height 5 cms. Length 8.5 cms. Width 6 cms. London 1786. Maker Hester Bateman.
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