117 - Two Georgian silver waiters.

Two Georgian silver waiters. Ebenezer Coker, London, 1757 and 1765. Both of shaped, circular form, the George II silver waiter with a shell and scroll border, engraved with the crest of the Murray family beneath an earl's coronet to centre, 17.2cm dia., the George III waiter also with a shell and scroll border, engraved with a rhinoceros crest above a coat of arms to centre, 17cm dia., total weight approx. 13.8ozt (2) Arms: George II waiter: This is the crest of the Murray family (Earls of Atholl from 1629 and Dukes from 1703). The family also held the Earldom of Dunmore (created 1686 and still extant). The 4th Earl (1730-1818 and Earl from 1756) was the Governor of New York from 1769-1770 and Virginia from 1770 and in theory until 1783. He was then Governor of the Bahamas from 1787-1796. His daughter Lady Augusta Murray (1761-1830) was the wife, illegal under British Law, of Prince Augustus Frederick, son of George III and Duke of Sussex from 1801. George III waiter: The arms are Gules, on a chief Argent a lion passant (Manscuke, Brock/Brocke/Brook/Brooke) impaling Quarterly Or. and Gules (Mandeville/Milborne/Pakenham/Rochefort/Saye/Wallis/Clinton). (With thanks to Pursuivant Research)