A Pair of George III Silver Wine Coolers, Collars and Liners, Thomas & James Creswick,...
A Pair of George III Silver Wine Coolers, Collars and Liners, Thomas & James Creswick, Sheffield 1813, of campana form, the body fluted to the lower half with gadrooned rim and applied with two ribbon-tied reeded handles terminating in fruit-filled bowls, raised on a gadrooned domed foot, each engraved with a coat of arms, 23cm high, 157ozt
The arms are those of James Hawkins,(1761-1849) of Killincarrig, Co. Wicklow, RN, 3rd son of The Rt. Rev James Hawkins DD, bishop of Raphoe, assumed name and arms of Whitshed in addition to Hawkins, 1791. GCB 1834. Created Baronet 1834, Admiral of the Fleet 1844. Married 1791, Sophia Henrietta daughter of Capt. John Albert Bentinck RN, and had issue.