MARK OF LOUIS CUNY, LONDON, CIRCA 1720

Details

A GEORGE I SILVER BOWL
MARK OF LOUIS CUNY, LONDON, CIRCA 1720
Shaped circular on moulded rim foot, with fluted sides and shaped rim, engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked on base with maker's mark only, faintly engraved with scratchweight 17=16
7 5/8 in. (19.5 cm.) diameter
16 oz. 6 dwt. (507 gr.)
The arms are those of Warrender, baronets of Lochend almost certainly for Sir George Warrender 1st Bt, (b.c.1658-1721/22), of Lochend, East Lothian.

Provenance

Sir George Warrender 1st Bt, (b.c.1658-1721/22), of Lochend, East Lothian.
An American Collector; Christie's, London, 5 March 1997, lot 161.

Special notice

This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.

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Lot Essay

SIR GEORGE WARRENDER 1ST BT.
George's father, also George, died when he was a child. He became an eminent merchant in foreign goods in Edinburgh and was Lord Provost in the reigns of King William III, Queen Anne and King George I. He married twice, first in 1680, Margaret Lawrie, the daughter of a fellow merchant, with whom he had a son and a daughter. Six months after his wife's death in 1699 he married as his second wife Grizzel Blair, the daughter of Hugh Blair, also a merchant, with whom he had eight further children. He was created a baronet in 1715 and was M.P. for Edinburgh from 1715 until his death.

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