A Fine Quality Pair of George III Period Soup Turrens
A Fine Quality Pair of George III Period Soup Turrens
Hallmarks for Robert Sharp London 1801
The engraved arms are those of Glynne, for Sir Stephen Richard Glynne 8th Bt. (1780-1815), of Harwarden Castle, co. Flint. He was born posthumously and came of age in 1801, the year he commissioned his dinner service from Robert Sharp. He married Mary, daughter Richard Aldworth Neville, 2nd Lord Braybrooke, in 1806. They had three children, a son also named Stephen Richard, who succeeded his father as 9th baronet in 1815, a second
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Hallmarks for Robert Sharp London 1801
The engraved arms are those of Glynne, for Sir Stephen Richard Glynne 8th Bt. (1780-1815), of Harwarden Castle, co. Flint. He was born posthumously and came of age in 1801, the year he commissioned his dinner service from Robert Sharp. He married Mary, daughter Richard Aldworth Neville, 2nd Lord Braybrooke, in 1806. They had three children, a son also named Stephen Richard, who succeeded his father as 9th baronet in 1815, a second
son Henry who entered the church and a daughter Catherine (d.1900) who married the Rt. Hon William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898) M.P. for the University of Oxford in 1839 and Liberal Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on four occasions.
PROVENANCE
Sir Stephen Richard Glynne 8th Bt. (1780-1815), of Harwarden Castle, co. Flint., then by descent to his son,
Sir Stephen Richard Glynne 9th Bt. (1807-1874), of Harwarden Castle, co. Flint., then by decent to his nephew,
William Henry Gladstone (1840-1891), of Harwarden Castle, co. Flint, then by descent to his son,
William Glynne Charles Gladstone (1885-1915), of Harwarden Castle, co. Flint, then by acquisition to his uncle,
Henry Neville Gladstone, 1st Baron Gladstone of Hawarden (1852-1935), then by decent to his nephew,
Sir Albert Charles Gladstone 6th Bt. (1886-1967), of Harwarden Castle, co. Flint, then by deed of gift in 1946 to his brother,
Sir Charles Andrew Gladstone 6th Bt. (1888-1968) of Harwarden Castle, co. Flint, then by descent to his son,
Sir (Erskine) William Gladstone 7th Bt. K.G. (1925-2018), of Harwarden Castle, co. Flint, then by descent.
LITERATURE
Glynne of Hawarden Estate Records, Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru, The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, Mss. 146, An Inventory of plate at Hawarden Castle, Feb. 1831, '4 Tureens, 2 Covers & Linings'.
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