(Silver & Objects of Vertu, 31st March 2021) A pair of George II sterling silver salvers, London 1739 by Robert Abercromby (this mark reg. 5th Oct 1731) A pair of George II sterling silver salvers, London 1739 by Robert Abercromby (this mark reg. 5th Oct 1731) Each of shaped circular form with circular cavetto edge with moulded rims interspaced with shells. Each raised on three scroll pad feet. The otherwise plain field engraved to the centre with an impaled coat of arms surrounded in a Rococo C scrolls flanked by swags of fruit. Each with engraved scratch weights of 17 12 and 16 13 respectively. Each fully marked to the reverse. (2) Diameter – 25 cm / 9.75 inches Weight – 1557 grams / 50.59 ozt The arms are for Mill impaling Knollys For Sir Richard Mill 5th Baronet (1690–1760) of Woolbeding House, Sussex, he married Margaret Knollys (d.1744), daughter of Robert Knollys of Grove Place, Nursling, Hampshire, on 12th March 1713. He was the second son of Sir John Mill (1661 – c.1687), 3rd Baronet of Woolbeding and his wife Margaret Grey, daughter of Thomas Grey of Woolbeding. He succeeded to the title on the death of his brother Sir John Mill, 4th Bt (1681-1706). He was MP for Midhurst 6th November 1721 – 1722, and 1st February 1729 – 1734, Penryn 1734 – 1741 and Horsham 1741 – 1747. The title became extinct on the death of the tenth Baronet in 1835. The arms for Knollys of Grove Place are shown here as argent rather than gules. Abercromby was a specialist in salver production, although there is no record of his freedom or apprenticeship, he is likely the Robert Abercromby who was a journeyman for John Carnaby in Newcastle in the 1720’s, he first registered a mark with George Hindmarsh on the 11th May 1731. When this partnership dissolved, he registered a mark on his own from New Rents, St. Martin’s Le Grand, where he continued to operate while registering later marks.
(Silver & Objects of Vertu, 31st March 2021) A pair of George II sterling silver salvers, London 1739 by Robert Abercromby (this mark reg. 5th Oct 1731) A pair of George II sterling silver salvers, London 1739 by Robert Abercromby (this mark reg. 5th Oct 1731) Each of shaped circular form with circular cavetto edge with moulded rims interspaced with shells. Each raised on three scroll pad feet. The otherwise plain field engraved to the centre with an impaled coat of arms surrounded in a Rococo C scrolls flanked by swags of fruit. Each with engraved scratch weights of 17 12 and 16 13 respectively. Each fully marked to the reverse. (2) Diameter – 25 cm / 9.75 inches Weight – 1557 grams / 50.59 ozt The arms are for Mill impaling Knollys For Sir Richard Mill 5th Baronet (1690–1760) of Woolbeding House, Sussex, he married Margaret Knollys (d.1744), daughter of Robert Knollys of Grove Place, Nursling, Hampshire, on 12th March 1713. He was the second son of Sir John Mill (1661 – c.1687), 3rd Baronet of Woolbeding and his wife Margaret Grey, daughter of Thomas Grey of Woolbeding. He succeeded to the title on the death of his brother Sir John Mill, 4th Bt (1681-1706). He was MP for Midhurst 6th November 1721 – 1722, and 1st February 1729 – 1734, Penryn 1734 – 1741 and Horsham 1741 – 1747. The title became extinct on the death of the tenth Baronet in 1835. The arms for Knollys of Grove Place are shown here as argent rather than gules. Abercromby was a specialist in salver production, although there is no record of his freedom or apprenticeship, he is likely the Robert Abercromby who was a journeyman for John Carnaby in Newcastle in the 1720’s, he first registered a mark with George Hindmarsh on the 11th May 1731. When this partnership dissolved, he registered a mark on his own from New Rents, St. Martin’s Le Grand, where he continued to operate while registering later marks.
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