The property of Lord Newborough of Rhug Hall, Denbighshire
A George IV monumental silver-gilt tankard, Benjamin Smith, London, 1823
Lot Closed
June 9, 01:59 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description
The foot with an egg and dart border, the body with a chariot race frieze above a girdle of applied fruiting vine, the asymmetrical reeded handle with satyr mask bracket, the cover with a finial of a putto riding a goat, engraved with the arms of Newborough,
37cm, 14½in. high
4020gr., 129¼oz
Thomas John Wynn, 2nd Baron Newborough,
thence by descent
Thomas John Wynn, 2nd Baron Newborough (1802 – 1832) was the son of Thomas Wynn, 1st Baron Newborough and Maria Stella Wynn, née Petronella, who had attracted his attention during her career as a dancer in a Florentine theatre. Their first son Thomas John Wynn (1802-1832) was just five when his father died, and he was raised by his mother and three guardians. On coming of age and succeeding to the barony in 1823 he invested in a vast silver dinner service bought from the retailers Green, Ward, Green & Ward for whom Benjamin Smith was working at this date. The majority of the service was sold at Sotheby's, London, 27 February 1992, lots 123-225.