LONDON, THE MAJORITY WITH MARK OF WILLIAM ELEY AND WILLIAM FEARN, 1803 AND LATER

Name: A GEORGE III AND LATER SILVER TABLE SERVICE
Brand: LONDON, THE MAJORITY WITH MARK OF WILLIAM ELEY AND WILLIAM FEARN, 1803 AND LATER
Price: 6000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised GBP 7,560

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GBP 5,000 - GBP 8,000

Closed: 9 Apr 2025

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A GEORGE III AND LATER SILVER TABLE SERVICE

LONDON, THE MAJORITY WITH MARK OF WILLIAM ELEY AND WILLIAM FEARN, 1803 AND LATER

Price Realised GBP 7,560

Closed: 9 Apr 2025

Price Realised GBP 7,560

Closed: 9 Apr 2025

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Fiddle and thread pattern, all engraved with crest with baron's coronet above, comprising:
Thirty-six table spoons, twelve 1804,
Thirty-six table forks
Thirty-three dessert spoons, sixteen 1802
Thirty-five dessert forks, twelve with mark of William Eley, William Fearn and William Chawner, 1812
Forty-three teaspoons, one 1802, fourteen 1804, nine 1805
Twelve egg spoons, with mark of John Hunt and Robert Roskell, 1874
A pair of sauce ladles, with mark of William Eley, William Fearn and William Chawner, 1813
Two pairs of sauce ladles, one pair with mark of William Eley, William Fearn and William Chawner, 1813
A pair of sifting spoons, with mark of George Adams, 1842
A marrow scoop,
Two butter knife, one with mark of William Eley, William Fearn and William Chawner, 1812 and one with mark of Mary Chawner, 1825
A soup ladle,
A pair and a smaller meat skewers,
A pair of gravy spoons and one smaller, 1804
fully marked
363 oz. 15 dwt. (11,314 gr.)
The crest is Dutton, for John Dutton, 2nd Baron Sherborne (1779-1862).

John Dutton, 2nd Baron Sherborne (1779-1862) of Sherborne Park, Gloucestershire, by descent to,
Ralph Stawell Dutton, 8th Baron Sherborne (1898-1985), of Hinton Ampner House, Hampshire, then under the terms of the will of Edward Dutton, 4th Baron Sherborne (1813-1919), to his kinsman,
Michael John James George Robert Howard, 21st Earl of Suffolk and 14th Earl of Berkshire (1935-2022), then by descent.

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Lot Essay

JOHN DUTTON, 2ND BARON SHERBORNE
The 2nd Baron Sherborne, the son of James Dutton, 1st Baron Sherborne (1744-1820) and his wife Elizabeth Coke, daughter of Wenman Coke of Holkham, Norfolk, played a significant role in the architectural development of Sherborne House. Park. His marriage to Mary Legge in 1803 later brought a considerable inheritance on the death of her father Henry Bilson-Legge, 2nd Baron Stawell of Somerton in 1820. Lord Stawell’s father had been Lord Chancellor and a younger son of the Earl of Dartmouth.

It can be no coincidence that Lord Sherborne started to correspond with various architects around 1820, looking to complete his father’s intention of rebuilding the family seat. Sir Robert Smirke (1780-1867) was involved briefly, but it was not until the late 1820s that work started under the architect Lewis Wyatt (1777-1853), son of Benjamin Wyatt. Wyatt was noticeably absent for much of the time and numerous problems later emerged include dry rot in a number of the ground floor room. Remedial work was carried out by Anthony Salvin (1799-1881), who designed many of the ornate ceilings. The firm of Morant and Son finished in the interiors with work commencing in 1838.

Lord Sherborne enlarged and aggrandised his grandfather’s dinner service, using the services of Paul Storr to create dish covers and more utilitarian pieces such as the knife tray, lot 458.