Ellis Finch
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A George I Britannia standard silver charger no apparent maker's mark, London 1720
18 – 19 April 2023, 10:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge£2,000 - £3,000
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A George I Britannia standard silver charger
no apparent maker's mark, London 1720
Circular, the border with four individual armorial engravings, the arms here are associated with the STEWARD and later STUART family of Hartley Maudit, Hampshire, diameter 40.4cm, weight 47.5oz.
Circular, the border with four individual armorial engravings, the arms here are associated with the STEWARD and later STUART family of Hartley Maudit, Hampshire, diameter 40.4cm, weight 47.5oz.
Footnotes
The arms here are associated with the STEWARD and later STUART family of Hartley Maudit, Hampshire, who in 1660 on the restoration of the monarchy, were created Baronets in reward for their support of the royalist cause. Nicholas STEWARD (1618-1710) 1st Baronet was succeeded by his grandson Simeon STUART (1685-1761) 2nd Baronet, his family having assumed the name STUART. The family are originally of Scotland and were anciently related to the STUART family there.
The blazon of each escutcheon follows:
(5) argent, a lion rampant gules, overall an augmentation awarded by Charles V of France, a bendlet raguly or (Steward)
(2) or, a fess chequy azure and argent, an inescutcheon for Steward: argent, a lion rampant gules, overall a bendlet raguly or (Stuart of Hartley Maudit)
(3) argent, on a chevron gules between trefoils slipped vert, as many bezants (?) – impaling – or, on a fess chequy azure and argent (Stuart)
(5) quarterly of eight – 1: argent, a lion rampant gules, overall a bendlet raguly or (Steward). 2: or, on a fess chequy azure and argent (Stuart). 3: vert, three boars heads couped proper (Birley). (4) argent, a chevron gules between three hursts (Baskerville). 5: per pale sable and gules, a lion rampant guardant proper, ducally crowned or (Besney). 6: lozengy or and azure, on a chief gules three lions rampant argent (Baker). 7: sable, a crescent or (Hovell). 8: or, a fess chequy azure and argent, an inescutcheon for Steward: argent, a lion rampant gules, overall a bendlet raguly or (Stuart of Hartley Maudit).
Unfortunately in the escutcheon (3) it has not been possible to identify the paternal arms (dexter) although the maternal arms indicate a daughter of the STUART family of Hartley Maudit had married.
The martialled arms indicate that the owner of the arms in 1710 was a descendent of Charles STUART (1657-1706) the son of the 1st Baronet and father of the 2nd Baronet by Clemence HOVELL (1662-1720). This would support the assay date of 1720. As a result the arms of (3) would appear to be for a daughter of Charles and Clemence, whose marriage has not been identified.
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