Lot 128

AN EDWARDIAN MONTEITH
HAWKSWORTH, EYRE & CO LTD., LONDON 1910




Auction: 03 March 2026 from 10:00 GMT
Description
Of traditional form with plain body and scalloped removable rim with pendant details, engraved presentation inscription to body '…George Smith Esq of Pittodrie House, by West Aberdeenshire Unionists… in the Parliamentary Election of January and December 1910’, lion mask clasped loop handles, raised on a stepped domed foot
Dimensions
24cm high, 33cm diameter, 83.5oz
Provenance
George Smith (1871-1914)
Second son of George Smith (1803-1876), founder of the steam ship company George Smith & Sons in 1840.
Having sold the City Line company to The Ellerman Lines in 1901, Smith took residence at Pittodrie House in Aberdeenshire in 1903 and became a member of the Gordon Highlanders, where he is mentioned in dispatches during the First World War. Unfortunately, he was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle and his body was never recovered.
By family descent.



