A set of three George III silver-gilt casters maker's mark of Emick Romer London, 1761 Of inverted pear form and on cast and pierced spreading circular foot, the pierced domed covers with bud and foliage finial, chased overall with spiral flutes and foliage, engraved with a coat-of-arms within a rococo cartouche, marked on bases and covers 8½in. (21.5cm) high 6¾in. (17cm.) high 26ozs. (809grs.) The arms are those of Wellesley quartering others with Long quartering another in pretence for William Pole-Tylney-Long, later 4th Earl of Mornington (1788-1887) and his first wife Catherine, daughter and heiress of Sir James Tylney-Long, Bt. of Draycot, Wiltshire, whom he married in 1812. His wife had inherited estates in Essex and Hampshire said to tbe worth a million pounds a year and on their mariage Lord Mornington added the names and arms of Tylney-Long to those of his own. These casters were engraved with the new quarterings at which time they were also gilded. On his wife's death in 1825 Lord Mornington retained a life interest in the estates. However, he lived well beyond his means and by his death in 1857 he was solely dependant on the charity of his uncle the Duke of Wellington. (3)
A set of three George III silver-gilt casters maker's mark of Emick Romer London, 1761 Of inverted pear form and on cast and pierced spreading circular foot, the pierced domed covers with bud and foliage finial, chased overall with spiral flutes and foliage, engraved with a coat-of-arms within a rococo cartouche, marked on bases and covers 8½in. (21.5cm) high 6¾in. (17cm.) high 26ozs. (809grs.) The arms are those of Wellesley quartering others with Long quartering another in pretence for William Pole-Tylney-Long, later 4th Earl of Mornington (1788-1887) and his first wife Catherine, daughter and heiress of Sir James Tylney-Long, Bt. of Draycot, Wiltshire, whom he married in 1812. His wife had inherited estates in Essex and Hampshire said to tbe worth a million pounds a year and on their mariage Lord Mornington added the names and arms of Tylney-Long to those of his own. These casters were engraved with the new quarterings at which time they were also gilded. On his wife's death in 1825 Lord Mornington retained a life interest in the estates. However, he lived well beyond his means and by his death in 1857 he was solely dependant on the charity of his uncle the Duke of Wellington. (3)
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