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Lot 185

A pair of George III waiters
by John Carter, London 1769 (2)

20 April 2021, 10:00 BST
Edinburgh

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A pair of George III waiters

by John Carter, London 1769
Of shaped circular form with gadroned rim, on three claw and ball feet, engraved with the coat of arms of arms of Granville LEVESON-GOWER (1721-1803), 2nd Earl Gower, , diameter 20.5cm, weight 25.4oz. (2)

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The second Earl inherited the title from his father John LEVESON-GOWER (1694-1754), 1st Earl (created 1746). Granville LEVESON-GOWER was married three times: First Elizabeth FAZAKERLEY (died 1746). Secondly Lady Louisa EGERTON (died 1761). Thirdly in 1768 Lady Susanna STEWART (1742-1805) daughter of Alexander STEWART, 6th Earl Galloway. Granville in 1786 was created Marquess of Stafford. The impaled arms of LEVESON-GOWER and STEWART and the Earl's coronet, suggest that the engraving took place in the period 1768-1786.

The blazon: quarterly of four – 1,4: barry of eight or and gules, overall a cross flory sable (Gower). 2,3: azure, three laurel leaves or (Leveson). – impaling – or, a fess chequy argent and azure, overall a bend engrailed gules within a tressure flory counterflory of the last (Stewart).

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