
John Sandon
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Beneath the coronet of Viscount Howe is the shield of the Scrope family with a bar sinister. The Howe family had married into the illegitimate branch of the Scrope family when John Grobham Howe (died 1679) married Annabella, the illegitimate daughter of Emanuel Scrope, 1st Earl of Sunderland.
A teacup and saucer from this important service was in the Zorensky Collection, sold by Bonhams 16 March 2004, lot 45. A saucer dish was also sold by Bonhams, 20 May 2015, lot 90.