A GEORGE III SILVER OVAL SAUCE TUREENPAUL STORR, LONDON 1797With an armorial finial to the domed cover, twin scroll handles, engraved with a coat of arms and on an oval pedestal foot23.5cm (9 1/4in) long607g (19.55 oz) The armorial for the Earldom of Eglinton in the Peerage of Scotland. The ancestral seat was Eglinton Castle in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire. The date of assay (1797) would suggest that the engraving refers to Colonel Hugh MONTGOMERIE (formerly SETON) (1739-1819) KT and 12th Earl of Eglinton, who succeeded his third cousin Archibald MONTGOMERIE (1726-1796) 11th Earl in 1796. He was the son of Colonel Alexander SETON (1719-1783) of Colysfield by Lillias MONTGOMERIE (1715-1783) daughter of Robert MONTGOMERIE Baronet Skelmollie. He joined the army in 1756 and served in the American war as captain in the 78th foot and afterwards as captain in the first royals. In 1772 the 12th earl had married Eleanora HAMILTON (1750-1817) daughter of Robert HAMILTON by Jean MITCHELL. He was earlier an MP for Ayrshire (1780-1796) and later Scottish representative of peers in the House of Lord.Blazon: quarterly of four - 1,4: grand quarters counter quartered one and four: azure, three fleurs de lis or (Montgomerie); two and three: gules, three annulets or stoned azure (Eglinton) all within a bordure or charged with a double tressure flory-counterflory. 2,3: grand quarters counter quartered one and four: or, three crescents within a double tressure flory-counterflory gules (Seton); two and three: azure, three garbs or (Buchan), overall an escutcheon per pale gules and azure, the dexter charged with a sword in pale proper, pommelled and hilted or, supporting an imperial crown, the sinister charged with a star of twelve points argent, all within a double tressure flory-counterflory or.Crest: a lady dressed in ancient apparel azure holding in the dexter hand an anchor or and in the sinister the head of a savage suspended by the hair couped all proper (Eglinton)Supporters: two wyverns, wings elevated vert and vomiting fire proper.Mottoe: GARDEZ BIEN品相报告: Marks to base are partially obscured, marks to cover are clearStands wellCover sits wellEngraving rubbedLight scratches and wear commensurate with age and use