ADMIRAL LORD NELSON INTEREST: Fine pair of George III sterling silver waiters
£2,800.00
YEAR OF MANUFACTURE: 1782
ORIGIN: London, England
MAKER: Daniel Smith & Robert Sharp
WEIGHT: 21.42 troy ounces (23.50 ounces or 666.21 grams)
ENGRAVINGS: sold clive richards 23 dec 2011
STOCK CODE: H20091200887
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Item Description
a fine pair of silver waiters of shaped circular form with gadroon borders on three shell bracket feet, each engraved with a coat of arms and motto TRY
Diameter: 200mm / 8"
History
The quartered and impaled coat of arms on each waiter show the shield and crest of Admiral Sir Peter Parker Bt., and his wife Margaret, daughter of Walter Nugent.
Admiral Sir Peter Parker (17211811) was a principal patron and important influence on the career of Admiral Lord Nelson. The two men met in the West Indies during the American War when Parker was commander-in-chief in Jamaica. Nelson served in Parker's flagship and following a disastrous mission to Nicaragua, recovered at the Parkers' house from tropical disease. He would recuperate at their home again in 1797 after the loss of his arm.
In 1782 the Parkers returned to England where the admiral was granted a baronetcy and won a seat in Parliament. The waiters date to this period and were clearly intended to display his newly granted arms.
In 1799, Parker was appointed admiral of the fleet in which position, though by now very frail, he acted as chief mourner at Nelson's state funeral in January 1806.
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Heraldic Silver Ltd
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