Style: Silver, Ceramics, Furniture
Style: Silver, Ceramics, Furniture
A GEORGE III SILVER MEAT DISH, DANIEL SMITH & ROBERT SHARP, LONDON, 1774
Auction Closed
April 16, 08:57 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF PATRICIA SCHUCKMANN, ATLANTA, GA
A GEORGE III SILVER MEAT DISH, DANIEL SMITH & ROBERT SHARP, LONDON, 1774
with shell-form handles, center engraved with arms, the base with presentation inscription The Gift of the Respondentia Lenders and Underwriters on the late Ship Lord Mansfield to Captain William Fraser 2 July 1774
marked on base
58 oz 10 dwt
1816 g
length 19¼ in.
48.8 cm
The Lord Mansfield was an East India Company merchant ship of 723 tons in service circa 1772-3. This dish records the appreciation of the investors to Captain William Fraser (1737-1818) for his saving the cargo when the ship was lost. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1791 and created Baronet Fraser of Ledeclune in 1806.