A pair of George III silver soup tureens, covers, stands and liners, tureens and covers, William Cripps, 1763, the stands, John Houle, 1818

the oval bellied bodies stylised boars mask handles and foliate husk rims, engraved each side with the family crest and arms on scrolling cartouches, between applied  ornate openwork straps on scalloped matted ground, raised on four mask headed volute supports, the incurving dome covers with similar alternating strapwork around a central leaf-capped scrolling handle; the plain oval liners Henry Chawner, 1794, and Burwash & Sibley, 1812; the oval stands with foliate and shell wrapped moulded borders, engraved with matching crest and arms, rocaille stump tureen supports, ornate bifurcated leaf-capped scrolling handle supports, all raised on four oak shell embellished scrolling feet   

 

Richard James Meade-Featherstonhaugh, Christie's, London, 26 April 1972, lot 53
Sotheby's, London, 12 November 1998, lot 189

Tureens: Hallmarks clear to underside. One example with silver strengthening patch to one foot visible to underside. The other body with small bruise to engraved cartouche. One handle of cover with holes around junction with cover, possibly air-holes in construction. Very good gauge and crisp condition for age. Stands: Excellent gauge and condition; very light surface wear. Liners: A few small bruises and scratches.
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The arms are those of Featherstonhaugh for Sir Henry Featherstonhaugh, 2nd Bt., who was born in 1754, succeeded to the title upon the death of his father, Sir Matthew Featherstonhaugh in 1774. Sir Henry was MP for Porthsmouth from 1782 to 1796 and, at the age of 69, married Mary Annue Bullock in 1825. He died without issue in 1847 when the baronetcy became extinct.

These tureens were made to match a pair, John Edwards, London, 1736, previously in the collection of Lord Kindersley GBE, sold Sotheby's, London, 21 October 1961, the 7th Earl of Radnor's marriage settlement, Christie's, London, 24 November, 1971 and again at Sotheby's, New York, 17 December 1982. A similar tureen, Paul de Lamerie, 1736, from the collection of the Earls of Ilchester, is illustrated in Jackson's, An illustrated History of English Plate, Vol II, p. 817, fig. 1055.