THOMAS PITTS (1737-1793)

19966.2

Silver-gilt with glass liner

London 1798

23.40cm

9.21 inches

691.00 Grams

22.22 Troy Ounces

Each circular with pierced rim between beaded borders, the bowl engraved with a coat-of-arms.

The arms are those of Taylor, for Sir John Taylor, F.R.S., 1st Bt., (1745-1788), of Lysson Hall, Jamaica. He married Elizabeth Gooden, daughter and heir of Philip Houghton of Jamaica.

Taylor was created a baronet in 1778. He was succeeded by his son Sir Simon Richard Brissett Taylor (b. 1783) as the second baronet but he died without issue in 1815 and title became extinct

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