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A George II silver salver and a set of four waiters, Paul de Lamerie, London, 1728, Britannia standard
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
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Description
- Silver
- one 37cm., 14 1/2in. square, the remainder 15cm., 6in. square
all square with incurved covers above cast panel supports, the centres each engraved with a coat-of-arms within formal scrolling foliate and brickwork cartouches embellished with winged figures, shells and husk festoons, further engraved at the borders with strapwork, husks and other motifs incorporating crested cartouches at the angles, the undersides engraved: ‘CHESELDEN HENSON.’
Provenance
Sotheby’s, London, 18 November 1965, lot 181
The Jamie Ortiz-Patiño Collection, Sotheby’s, New York, 22 April 1998, lot 12
The Jamie Ortiz-Patiño Collection, Sotheby’s, New York, 22 April 1998, lot 12
Catalogue Note
The arms are those of Johnson, granted to Matthew Johnson of Withcote, Leicestershire on 9 July 1707. He was born about 1736 and eventually held the post of Clerk of the Parliaments (chief clerk of the House of Lords) between 1691 and 1716. Mr Johnson and his wife, Margaret, a member of the family of Sir Geoffrey Palmer, 1st Bt. of Carlton, Northamptonshire, whom he married in 1676, had two sons, Thomas (d. 1725) and Geoffrey (d. 1742) and two daughters, Frances (d. before 1742) and Elizabeth (1688?-1754).
The probable original owner of these salvers, therefore, was Geoffrey Johnson, residuary legatee of his father’s estate. In the event he died unmarried and without issue, leaving his estate to his sister, Elizabeth to be enjoyed during her lifetime and then by her descendants. Like her brother, Elizabeth died unmarried and without issue, whereupon Geoffrey’s estate passed to their Palmer cousins (National Archives, PROB 11/596, 717 and 808).
Withcote Chapel next to Withcote Hall, once home of the Johnson family, is a listed building on the Oakham Road, Withcote, Leicestershire, which has commemorative marble monuments to Matthew Johnson and his wife, Margaret, and to their children, Geoffrey and Elizabeth.
For a Paul de Lamerie basket, London, 1742, engraved with the Johnson arms, thought to be for the above-mentioned Elizabeth Johnson, see The Jaime Ortiz-Patiño Collection, Sotheby’s, New York, 22 April 1998, lot 23.
The name Cheselden Henson on the underside of these salvers is likely to have been that of a former owner, probably Cheselden Henson, Esq. of 16 Lansdown Place, Cheltenham and of Bainton House, Northamptonshire, who died on 19 June 1861, aged 77.
The probable original owner of these salvers, therefore, was Geoffrey Johnson, residuary legatee of his father’s estate. In the event he died unmarried and without issue, leaving his estate to his sister, Elizabeth to be enjoyed during her lifetime and then by her descendants. Like her brother, Elizabeth died unmarried and without issue, whereupon Geoffrey’s estate passed to their Palmer cousins (National Archives, PROB 11/596, 717 and 808).
Withcote Chapel next to Withcote Hall, once home of the Johnson family, is a listed building on the Oakham Road, Withcote, Leicestershire, which has commemorative marble monuments to Matthew Johnson and his wife, Margaret, and to their children, Geoffrey and Elizabeth.
For a Paul de Lamerie basket, London, 1742, engraved with the Johnson arms, thought to be for the above-mentioned Elizabeth Johnson, see The Jaime Ortiz-Patiño Collection, Sotheby’s, New York, 22 April 1998, lot 23.
The name Cheselden Henson on the underside of these salvers is likely to have been that of a former owner, probably Cheselden Henson, Esq. of 16 Lansdown Place, Cheltenham and of Bainton House, Northamptonshire, who died on 19 June 1861, aged 77.