A George II Silver Salver
£600
Auction: 25 September 2018 at 12:00 BST
Description
William Pearson, London, 1754, shaped circular with shell and scroll border, the centre engraved with rococo cartouche and later coat-of-arms
Dimensions
Diameter: 34.5cm, weight: 40oz
Footnote
Arms:
Argent upon a mount vert an oak tree (?) proper1(for Busk)
over all an escutcheon of pretence
Argent a lion passant guardant gules between two acorns azure within two bendlets ermines (for Rodes)
These armorial bearings undoubtedly commemorate the marriage of Hans Busk (born 2nd April 1718, died 12th February 1792), of Leeds and later of Bullhouse Hall, Penistone both in the County of Yorkshire, Lord of a moiety of the Manor of Leeds and his second wife, Martha Rodes (born circa 1718, died 29th June 1802), the daughter and co-heiress of Richard Rodes, of Great Houghton in the County of Yorkshire and his wife, Martha Rich; whilst Hans was the eldest son of Jacob Hans Busck (later Busk), Lord of the moiety of the Manor of Leeds, a Wool Merchant and his wife, Rachel Wadsworth, youngest daughter of John Wadsworth2, of Horbury and Falthwaite Hall, Stainborough in the County of Yorkshire Hans and Martha were married at the Parish Church of St Werburgh, Derby in the County of Derbyshire on the 20th May 1755, his first wife Anne Nesbitt having died sadly in childbirth.
Upon the deaths of both Hans and Martha in 1792 and 1802, Hans was buried at the Parish Church of St John the Evangelist, Leeds, whilst Martha was said to have been buried in the Parish Church of St Michael and All Angels, Great Houghton, the one-time private chapel of the Rodes family3. A memorial to both Hans and Martha is still to be found in the church of St John the Evangelist, Leeds today (see below).