Two George II Silver Salvers, John Robins and William Peaston, London, 1744 and 1748
Auction Closed
June 18, 08:33 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
the first with cast border of shellwork, berried foliage, and female masks, engraved with the Hamilton crest and Duke's coronet within flat-chased rococo band, on three shell and rose spray feet; the second with shell and scroll rim, with the Hamilton arms, crest, and Duke's coronet within flat-chased band, on three paw feet, marked on bases
44 oz 10 dwt
1383 g
Diameters 11 and 8 5/8 in.
28 and 22 cm
Probably James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton (1724–1758);
By descent to Lady Mary Louise (1884-1957), only child and principal heir of William Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton, who married in 1906 James Graham (1878-1954), Marquess of Graham who in 1925 succeeded his father as 6th Duke of Montrose;
Thence by descent;
Property of a descendant of William Beckford and the Dukes of Hamilton, sold
Sotheby’s London, 14 January 2021, lot 64.
James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton (1724–1758) succeeded to the title on the death of his father in 1743. Dying young, he was seen by his contemporaries as a womaniser and is perhaps best known for his hasty marriage to Elizabeth Gunning (1733-1790). The two met at a Valentine’s Day ball in 1752 and were married on the same evening shortly after midnight using a ring taken from a set of bed curtains.1 Horace Walpole, in typically waspish fashion, described him as ‘…hot, debauched, extravagant, and equally damaged in his fortune and person…’.
1 Walpole, Horace; Letters of Horace Walpole to Sir Horace Mann, (27 February 1752), London 1843
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