Craighead House
Eliza Godfrey
A George II Antique English Silver Epergne, 1755
Length: 20"
Weight: 137 oz.
Weight: 137 oz.
London
H0612
$ 125,000.00
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Eliza Godfrey was among the most accomplished women silversmiths of 18th-century England. Daughter of a silversmith, and twice married to silversmiths, she ran her business independently, and with great success,...
Eliza Godfrey was among the most accomplished women silversmiths of 18th-century England. Daughter of a silversmith, and twice married to silversmiths, she ran her business independently, and with great success, from 1741 through the 1760s.
The arms are those of Smith for James Smith of Craigend (1707-1786) in Sterlingshire, Scotland. He was a West Indies merchant in Glasgow and had number of his sons who were extraordinarily successful entrepreneurs; John founded the famous booksellers John Smith & Sons in 1751 and rebuilt Craigend, James bought Craighead in Blantyre on the River Clyde (the basis of Farie Knowe House in Sir Walter Scott's novel "Old Mortality", and the youngest, Archibald, bought the estate of Jordanhill for the sum of £14,000 and then enlarging and altering the house to the tune of another £4,000.
The arms are those of Smith for James Smith of Craigend (1707-1786) in Sterlingshire, Scotland. He was a West Indies merchant in Glasgow and had number of his sons who were extraordinarily successful entrepreneurs; John founded the famous booksellers John Smith & Sons in 1751 and rebuilt Craigend, James bought Craighead in Blantyre on the River Clyde (the basis of Farie Knowe House in Sir Walter Scott's novel "Old Mortality", and the youngest, Archibald, bought the estate of Jordanhill for the sum of £14,000 and then enlarging and altering the house to the tune of another £4,000.