£4,500
A SEAGOING ENTRÉE DISH AND COVER FROM THE SERVICE OF CAPTAIN PHILIP DURHAM, PROBABLY PURCHASED WITH TRAFALGAR PRIZE MONEY, CIRCA 1807
marked for Richard Crossley, London, 1807, rectangular with gadroon borders, the domed cover with incurved corners and scroll handle on a splayed leafy calyx, engraved twice with the coat of arms below a knight’s helmet for Admiral Sir Philip Durham (1763-1845), the arms augmented with his Naval Gold Medal for Trafalgar, his neck badge as Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, and his badge for the Military Merit of France, the base further engraved twice with Durham’s crest of a dolphin, each similarly augmented with his K.C.B. badge -- 11in. (28 cm.) wide; 2419 grams, 77 oz. tr.
Captain Philip Durham (1763-1845) commanded H.M.S. Defiance (74) at the Battle of Trafalgar, where he was wounded, and, as Knight of the Bath, carried a chivalric banner at Nelson’s funeral. His badge for the Military Merit of France was awarded for Durham’s role in reducing Guadeloupe for King Louis XVIII in 1815.
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