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Two George III silver entrée dishes and covers on Old Sheffield plate warming basesPaul Storr, entrée dishes, the bases London 1810, the covers London 1813,
both covers stamped 1 and 3, also stamped with number 1110 and scratch number 5681, bases numbered 1 and 4 and both stamped 470S, handle and calyx on one both stamped 1, the handle and calyx on the other stamped 2 and 4
Circular form, with a cast frieze of alternating shells and anthemions in relief, the shaped dome cover with a broad band of quilting, removable acanthus leaf and reed handles with two lion head junctions on a leafy roundel / calyx, the entrée dish bases, with gadroon rims embellished with shell and leaf and anthemion motifs, on Old Sheffield plate two-handled warming bases with removable dish, the part fluted sides with four stiff leaf applications above each of the four ornate bracket supports with paw feet.
Each of the covers with engraved armorial and the bases with engraved crests for Hon. Sir Galbraith Lowry COLE (1772-1842) GCB, height 23cm, length handle to handle 32cm, diameter of entrée dish bases 28cm, weight of silver 128oz. (2)FootnotesThis lot comes with copies of two card indexes, these are headed 'Christies 29th November 1972' 'The Worshipful Company of Coachmakers and Coach Harness Makers.' and describe three entrée dishes and covers on plated bases similar to those on offer here.
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The combined engraving represents the complete armorial for Hon. Sir Galbraith Lowry COLE, GCB (1 May 1772 – 4 October 1842) who was an Anglo-Irish British Army general and politician.
Born Dublin on 1 May 1772, the second son of the Irish peer, William Willoughby COLE (1736-1803), who in 1789 was created first Earl of Enniskillen, by his wife, Anne LOWRY-CORRY (1742-1802) of Tyrone. On 15 June 1815 he married Lady Frances HARRIS (1784-1847) daughter of James Harris (1746-1820), 1st Earl of Malmesbury by Maria AMYAND (1761-1830). They had issue seven children.
Cole was a professional soldier with an impressive military career, being first commissioned a cornet in the 12th Dragoon Guards on 31 March 1787. A lieutenancy in the 5th Dragoon Guards was purchased for him in 1791. He then succeeded to the 70th Foot as a captain in 1792 and a major 1793. He was appointed lieutenant colonel in Ward's late regiment of foot in 1794 and lieutenant colonel in the late General Villette's corps in 1799.
On 1 January 1801, the day on which the British-Irish Act of Union came into operation, Cole was promoted colonel in the Army and appointed to command the regiment with which his family was associated, the 27th Inniskillings. He assumed the command at Malta in 1805, and from Malta he proceeded to Sicily and commanded his own regiment and a battalion of grenadiers as brigadier-general. As second in command, he commanded the 1st Brigade at the battle of Maida on 4 July 1806. In 1808 he was promoted to major-general and left Sicily in 1809.
During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic period Cole had served in Ireland, the West Indies, Egypt, Malta, Italy and the Iberian Peninsula. In 1809 Cole asked to be transferred to the Peninsula where he was to gain further distinction when he was given command of the 4th division under Wellington. The 4th division showed its strength at Albuhera where Cole was wounded in May 1811.
Cole then left the division and took his seat in the House of Commons, to which he had been elected in 1803 as MP for County Fermanagh. Cole re-joined the Army and command of the 4th division in June 1812, to be present at the great battle of Salamanca in July 1812 when in the attack Cole was shot though the body.
On 5 March 1813 Wellington invested Cole with the Order of the Bath (KCB) and promoted to lieutenant general on 4th June 1813.
For having served with distinction in the battles of Maida, Albuhera, Salamanca, further successes at Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthez and Toulouse, he received the Army Gold Cross with four clasps, along with the order of the Tower and Sword of Portugal. Cole was invested as a Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath (GCB) on 2 January 1815.
Cole missed the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815, much to Wellington's chagrin, because he was on his honeymoon, having married three days earlier Lady Frances Harris. On 15 August, however, Cole joined the army of occupation in France, and commanded the division until the final evacuation of France in November 1818.
As well as representing Enniskillen and Fermanagh in Parliament Cole retired this position and went on to also serve terms as 2nd Governor of Mauritius (1823-1828) and Governor of Cape of Good Hope (1828-1833). Cole was one of the few successful Cape governors. Ably supported by Lady Cole, he played a prominent part in social philanthropy in the Cape. Colesberg, a town in the Cape, is named after him, as is Sir Lowry's Pass near Cape Town. Cole was also governor of Gravesend and Tilbury from 1818 until his death.
Cole was promoted a full general in 1830. In 1833 he returned home with his family. He settled at Highfield Park, Hampshire where he died in 1842. He was buried in his family's vault at St Macartin's Cathedral, Enniskillen and is commemorated in Enniskillen by a statue surmounting a 30-metre (98 ft) column in Fort Hill Park, carried out by the Irish sculptor, Terence Farrell. Erected between 1845 and 1857, The Cole Memorial Column is a prominent feature of the Enniskillen skyline.