LOT 19 A PAIR OF GEORGE II SAUCEBOATS
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A PAIR OF GEORGE II SAUCEBOATSMARK OF MARY PIERS, LONDON, 1758each with gadrooned border on three scroll shell sheet, each engraved with a coat-of-arms within Rococo cartouche, marked underneath, scratch weights 14:16½ and 14:148 1/2 in. (22 cm.) long28 oz. 14 dwt. (895 gr.)The arms are those of Meynell quartering Littleton and Poyntz impaling Boothby quartering Scrimshaw for Hugo Meynell (1735-1808), of Quorndon, co. Leicester and his second wife Anne (d.1815), daughter of Thomas Boothby Scrimshaw of Tooley Park, co. Leicester, whom he married in 1758. Hugo Meynell was master of the King's stag-hounds and M.P. for Lichfield from 1762 until 1768. He was also M.P. for Lymington from 1769 to 1774 and the M.P. for Stafford until 1778. He was a celebrated huntsman and founded the Quorn Hunt.ProvenanceHugo Meynell (1735-1808), of Quorndon, co. Leicester, then by descent to,The Trustees of the Will of the late Hugo Meynell; Christie's, London, 7 March 1990, lot 142.Anonymous sale; Christie's, London,11 May 1994, lot 203.
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