A George III silver oval sugar basin and cream jug, maker's marks worn (A..?), London 1804, with threaded rims and handles, engraved with a shoulder band of a ribbon meander with fern sprays, engraved with an armorial and two crests, the sugar 19cm (7in) long, 361g (11.6 oz) The arms and crests of GORE-BOOTH, Baronets of Artarman co. Sligo. The assay date of 1804 directs us to Sir Robert Newcomen Gore (1752-1814) the 3rd Baronet, who at his marriage in 1804 to Hannah Irwin adopted by royal licence the name GORE-BOOTH. The motto: IN HOC SIGNO VINCES (Under this sign thou shalt conquer) Sir Robert Newcomen GORE-BOOTH (1752-1814), the 3rd Baronet, was born at Bath, Somerset the second surviving son of Booth GORE senior (1712-1773), the first Baronet of Artarman co. Sligo, created 1760, by Emily NEWCOMEN (1716-1778) of Carlow Ireland, who married in 1743. The third Baronet married in 1804 Hannah IRWIN (1781-1868) daughter of Henry IRWIN. He succeeded to the Baronetcy at the death of his older brother Booth GORE (1744-1804), the 2nd Baronet, who was a bachelor. Their father Booth GORE (1712-1773), the 1st Baronet, was the son of Nathaniel GORE (1692-1773) of Sligo by Letitia BOOTH the heir of her father Humphrey BOOTH who was descended from the maternal line of the Salford branch of the ancient BOOTH family of Dunham MASSEY.