A GEORGE III SILVER TWO-HANDLED TRAY MARK OF JOHN CROUCH LONDON, 1808 Oval, the gadrooned shell rim and grapevine border with scrolls and shells, issuing two conforming handles centered by shells, raised on scroll shell feet, the center engraved with three coats-of-arms flanking crests, the reverse with inscription that reads 'The Gift of His Serene Highness The Prince de Condé to J:W: Phipps, Esq.'; marked on reverse 31 in. (79 cm.) long, over handles 185 oz. 8 dwt. (5,766 gr.) The central arms are the Royal Arms of France, with a label of difference, for Louis Joseph de Bourbon, Prince de Condé (1736–1818). The flanking crests are those of Waller, for the Royal eye surgeon Joshua Wathen Phipps (1769-1853) of Barywick Lodge, Berkshire, who later took the name and arms of Waller by Sign Manual in 1814 on succeeding to the Waller estates. Provenance Presented by Louis Joseph de Bourbon, Prince de Condé (1736–1818) to Joshua Wathen Phipps (1769-1853), later Waller, eye surgeon to King George III, created a baronet in 1815, then by descent to, Sir Wathen Arthur Waller, 5th Bt. (1871-1947), Sir Wathen Waller, Bart., removed from The Stone House, Leek Wooton, Warwick; Christie's, London, January 2, 1946, lot 87 (£215 to Raphael).
A GEORGE III SILVER TWO-HANDLED TRAY MARK OF JOHN CROUCH LONDON, 1808 Oval, the gadrooned shell rim and grapevine border with scrolls and shells, issuing two conforming handles centered by shells, raised on scroll shell feet, the center engraved with three coats-of-arms flanking crests, the reverse with inscription that reads 'The Gift of His Serene Highness The Prince de Condé to J:W: Phipps, Esq.'; marked on reverse 31 in. (79 cm.) long, over handles 185 oz. 8 dwt. (5,766 gr.) The central arms are the Royal Arms of France, with a label of difference, for Louis Joseph de Bourbon, Prince de Condé (1736–1818). The flanking crests are those of Waller, for the Royal eye surgeon Joshua Wathen Phipps (1769-1853) of Barywick Lodge, Berkshire, who later took the name and arms of Waller by Sign Manual in 1814 on succeeding to the Waller estates. Provenance Presented by Louis Joseph de Bourbon, Prince de Condé (1736–1818) to Joshua Wathen Phipps (1769-1853), later Waller, eye surgeon to King George III, created a baronet in 1815, then by descent to, Sir Wathen Arthur Waller, 5th Bt. (1871-1947), Sir Wathen Waller, Bart., removed from The Stone House, Leek Wooton, Warwick; Christie's, London, January 2, 1946, lot 87 (£215 to Raphael).
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