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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 6, 2017 | Christie's | London | OPULENCE Silver, Gold Boxes, 19th Century Furniture & Works of Art | 88 | $****** - ****** | A GEORGE I SILVER SALVER |
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29.5 cm (11.63 in)
Octofoil and on four panel feet, engraved with a coat-of-arms, further engraved underneath with an inscription, marked near border
27 oz. 10 dwt. (855 gr.)
The arms are those of Lee of Coton Hall, Shropshire quartering Astley of Staffordshire as borne by Eldred Lancelot Lee (1650-1734) of Coton Hall, Shropshire who married Isabelle Gough in 1713. Similar arms are painted on a Chinese armorial porcelain service of circa 1732 illustrated in D. S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Chippenham, 1974, p. 227, D11.
The inscription reads 'M. L. Ex. Dono. Margarete Nicolls Sp'r 1725'. Margaret Nichols of Alveley is mentioned in Eldred Lee's will. She had a mortgage with him to the value of £1,540 and a bond of £400. The initials M.L. are likely to be for Eldred's daughter Margaret, born in 1722, presumably named after Margaret Nic(h)ol(l)s, perhaps her godmother.
A branch of the Lee family settled in Virginia and were prominent in the history of the United States. Thomas Lee (1690-1750) was co-founder of the Ohio Company. Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794) was a signatory for the Declaration of Independence and General Henry Lee III (1756-1818) served with distinction under Washington during the Revolution.
