Lot 195: TWO GEORGE III SILVER MEAT PLATTERS, JOSEPH PITTS / ROBERT SHARP, LONDON, 1800/1802

Name: TWO GEORGE III SILVER MEAT PLATTERS, JOSEPH PITTS / ROBERT SHARP, LONDON, 1800/1802
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: 9b0e108b63

Est: $5,000 USD - $7,000 USD

Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USOctober 20, 2009

Item Overview

Description

both oval, the first with reeded rim, the center engraved with arms within a shield bordered by an oval of husks and beads; the second with gadroon rim, border engraved with contemporary arms and supporters beneath a Viscount's coronet
fully marked on undersides, second with scratchweight 115"13

Dimensions

lengths 20 1/4 in., 22 3/4 in. 51.5cm, 57.7cm

Artist or Maker

George (1802) Sharp

Date

1800/1802

Provenance

The arms on the 1802 platter are those of Pierrepont, for Charles (b. 1737) who succeeded to the estates of his uncle, the Duke of Kingston, created Baron Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepont and Viscount Newark, of Newark-on-Trent, later created Earl Manvers in 1806. He died in 1816.

Notes

Auction Details

Important English & Continental Silver & Objects of Vertu

Sotheby's

October 20, 2009, 12:00 PM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US

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