Snuffer pan
Peter Archambo I (d.1759)
Category
Silver
Date
1738
Materials
Silver
Measurements
185 mm (Width)
Place of origin
London
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 2900105
Summary
A silver snuffer pan, mark of Peter Archambo, 1738, scratchweight 9=3, with monogram GB for George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington (1675-1758). Recorded in 'The Particular of my Plate and its Weight', 30 April 1750, revised 1754, as part of 'My Chamber Plate...Snuff Pan//9:3'. See James Lomax and James Rothwell, Country House Silver from Dunham Massey, London, 2006, p. 170.
Provenance
George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington (1675-1758); by descent to his daughter Lady Mary Booth (1704-1772), wife of Harry Grey, 4th Earl of Stamford (1715-1768); then by descent to Catherine, Lady Grey (d.1925) and Sir John Foley-Grey 8th Bt. (1893-1938); their sale, Christie's London, 20 April, 1921, lot 86 (part), to Wilson (£24.17.8); private collection, Australia; purchased by the National Trust at auction at Christie's, King Street, London, 26 November 2014, lot 499.
Makers and roles
Peter Archambo I (d.1759), silversmith