A George II Silver Large Salver, Eliza Godfrey, London, 1751
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with openwork grapevine rim with insects, center engraved with later arms under earl's coronet, on grapevine panel feet, marked on base, rim apparently unmarked, with scratch weight 135=7
135 oz 10 dwt
4217 g
Diameter: 23 1/2 in.
59.7 cm
William, 5th Earl of Dumfries, to his nephew
Patrick Macdouall, 6th Earl, to their daughter
Elisabeth, m. John, Lord Mount Stuart, to their son
John, 2nd Marquess of Bute, and by descent until sold
Christie's, London, "Works of Art from the Bute Collection," 10 July 1996, lot 91.
The arms are those of Crichton quartering Dalrymple and another, within the order of the Thistle, for William, 5th Earl of Dumfries, K.T. (1699-1768). He inherited the title from his mother, the 4th Countess. In 1760 he succeeded his brother as 4th Earl of Stair.
The Earl also acquired from Eliza Godfrey a coffee pot and pair of three-light candelabra, lots 90 and 92 in the 1996 sale. The group belongs to a campaign of patronage by the Earl in the 1750s, including commissioning Dumfries House, Ayrshire, begun in 1754 by the Adam brothers, and its furniture, largely by Thomas Chippendale, before the end of the decade.
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