POSSIBLY MARK OF JAMES KING I, LONDON, 1776

Name: A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER-GILT VERRIERES
Brand: POSSIBLY MARK OF JAMES KING I, LONDON, 1776
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER-GILT VERRIERES

POSSIBLY MARK OF JAMES KING I, LONDON, 1776

Each plain oval with Vitruvian scroll upper rims and applied handles cast as C-scrolls centering shells, each engraved on the side with a coat-of arms with earl's coronet above, marked on undersides
13¹⁄₄ in. (33.6 cm.) long, over handles
54 oz. 4 dwt. (1,686 gr.)

George Cholmondeley, 4th Earl of Cholmondeley (1749 - 1827).

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The arms are those of Cholmondeley, for George Cholmondeley, 4th Earl of Cholmondeley (1749 - 1827), later created 1st Earl of Rocksavage and 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley in 1815. He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1822. His wife Georgina Charlotte (1764 - 1838), second daughter of Peregrine, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, was co-heir of the office of Great Chamberlain of England.