THREE TOAST RACKS including: a George III silver seven bar example by Samuel & George Whitford, London 1804, on a rectangular base, with wirework bars and a central carrying handle, on four ball feet, 15.7cm long, together with an Edwardian silver one by Sebastian Garrard, London 1904, engraved with a crest, 12.5cm long and an electroplated one, engraved to the underside 'M.Y. Rhodora R.Y.S' 9.9cm long (3) approx. weighable 11.9oz. Provenance Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942) Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009) The Trustees of Exbury House Catalogue Note Lionel de Rothschild had two large yachts built to his specification by Camper & Nicholson: the TSY Rhodora I, followed in 1929 by the RYS Rhodora II.

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