A pair of George II silver meat dishes, Paul de Lamerie, London, 1747

UK: Greenford Park Warehouse

Lot Closed

January 17, 04:03 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

shaped-oval form, with gadroon and leaf borders, engraved with a coat-of-arms and crests,

length 41.5cm., 16¼in.

2157gr., 69¼oz.

This lot will be on view in our New Bond Street galleries on 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, 15^th, 16^th and 17^th January 2024.

William Aislabie (1700?-1781),

by descent to the present owner

The arms are those of Aislabie of Osgodby, Yorkshire impaling Vernon for William Aislabie (1700?-1781), of Studley Royal, who in 1745 married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Charles Vernon of Farnham, Surrey. The crests and earl’s coronet are those of de Grey, either for Amabel Hume-Campbell, suo jure 1^st Countess de Grey and 5^th Baroness Lucas (1750-1833) or her successor, Thomas de Grey, 2^nd Earl de Grey (1781-1859).