A Queen Anne Britannia standard silver kettle on burner stand, London 1713 by Augustine Courtauld (reg. 23 Dec 1708)

A Queen Anne Britannia standard silver kettle on burner stand, London 1713 by Augustine Courtauld (reg. 23 Dec 1708)

Of dodecagonal form, with an octagonal curved spout, the pull of lid of conforming shape surmounted by a detachable turned ivory knop finial. The apposable swing handle with turned ivory centre. The dodecagonal stand raised on four scroll, ball and circular pad feet, the centre octagonal burner held by four scroll branches, a pull of circular lid to burner. The side of kettle engraved with a coat of arms with a cadency mark for a fourth son, within baroque style foliate mantling. Scratch weight underneath little of 66=7. Fully marked underneath (date letter obliterated), and to underneath of burner stand section, the lid with makers mark and lions head erased to bezel.

Height – 35.8 cm / 13.95 inches

Kettle section weight – 1958 grams / 62.95 ozt

Total Weight – 2769 grams / 89.03 ozt

The arms are for Paget

Given the cadence mark of a martlet for a fourth son and the lack of impalement, the most likely candidate for these arms would be Brigadier-General, the Hon. Thomas Paget (c. 1676 -1741), the son of Hon. Henry Paget and his second wife Mary O'Rorke. Henry had three sons with his first wife Anne Sandford (d.1683), daughter of Robert Sandford. Thomas was the grandson of Sir William Paget, 5th Lord Paget of Beaudesert (1609-1678) and therefore first cousin to Henry Paget, 1^st Earl of Uxbridge (1663-1743) [est. 19^th Oct 1714].

Thomas held the office of Groom of the Bedchamber in 1727 and was Governor of Minorca. He married Mary Whitcombe (d.1740/41) was the daughter of Peter Whitcombe (d.1704) possibly around 1715. Their daughter Caroline (after 1715? – 1766) married Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Bt of Placenewyd, co. Anglesey, Wales (1709-1782) on the 19^th April 1737. Their son became Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge [second creation] (1744-1812), Lord-Lieutenant of Anglesey in 1782. His son became the famed Field Marshal Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768-1854). A large amount of Anglesey family silver was dispersed in the 1940’s/50’s, including Sotheby's London, 8 April 1954 for elements of the Anglesey service by Parker and Wakelin.

Incidentally, Mary Whitcombe is the 8^th great grandmother to Prince William Duke of Cambridge.