Archambo, Peter
A George II Antique English Silver Salver, London 1731
Diameter: 11"
Weight: 29 oz.
Weight: 29 oz.
H0565
$ 10,000.00
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A very fine early George II salver with exceptional engraving and outstanding provenance. The arms are those of Downes with Tully in pretence for Stephen Downes (d. 1755), Registrar of...
A very fine early George II salver with exceptional engraving and outstanding provenance.
The arms are those of Downes with Tully in pretence for Stephen Downes (d. 1755), Registrar of Middlesex and Clerk of Enrollments in the Court of Chancery, and his wife Charlotte, the daughter and co-heir of James Tully Esq. of Charterhouse Square, London. Her sister and co-heir Sarah married Sir Richard Hoare, the banker and Lord Mayor of London, in 1732.
Provenance:
Stephen Downes (d. 1755), of Hampton Court, co. Middlesex, bequeathed in his will to his elder daughter,
Charlotte Downes (1744-1832),
A Gentleman; Sotheby's, London, 23 February 1967, lot 127 (£480).
With Partridge Fine Art Ltd, London.
Literature: The Will of Stephen Downes of Hampton Court, Public Record Office Mss. PROB 11/817/293, dated 6 November 1752, proved on 20 August 1755, 'I give my daughter Charlotte my silver tea kettle and lamp and my salver commonly used therewith to be delivered to her by my executors'.
The arms are those of Downes with Tully in pretence for Stephen Downes (d. 1755), Registrar of Middlesex and Clerk of Enrollments in the Court of Chancery, and his wife Charlotte, the daughter and co-heir of James Tully Esq. of Charterhouse Square, London. Her sister and co-heir Sarah married Sir Richard Hoare, the banker and Lord Mayor of London, in 1732.
Provenance:
Stephen Downes (d. 1755), of Hampton Court, co. Middlesex, bequeathed in his will to his elder daughter,
Charlotte Downes (1744-1832),
A Gentleman; Sotheby's, London, 23 February 1967, lot 127 (£480).
With Partridge Fine Art Ltd, London.
Literature: The Will of Stephen Downes of Hampton Court, Public Record Office Mss. PROB 11/817/293, dated 6 November 1752, proved on 20 August 1755, 'I give my daughter Charlotte my silver tea kettle and lamp and my salver commonly used therewith to be delivered to her by my executors'.