A Victorian silver two-handled dish with liner London 1839, only liner with makers mark for Wil...

A Victorian silver two-handled dish with liner London 1839, only liner with maker's mark for William Brown & William Nathaniel Somersall Circular with slightly lobed sides, the leaf-embellished fluted handles with broad leaf junctions, the paw feet also leaf-capped, the sides engraved twice with the crest above an Earls coronet for William KING 1st Earl of Lovelace granted in 1838, with a removable liner, length handle to handle 24.5cm , weight 47.2oz . Footnotes: Provenance From The Silver Collection of Dr Andrew J Rainey This is the crest associated with the arms of William KING (1805-1893) he was styled the Honourable William King until 1833 and Lord King from 1833 to 1838, as 8th Baron King of Ockham Surrey, an English nobleman and scientist. On July 8, 1835 he married Augusta Ada Byron, Lady Byron (1815-1852). She was the daughter of George Gordon BYRON (1788-1824) 6th Baron BYRON the famed poet Lord Byron by his wife heiress Anne Isabella MILBANKE (1792-1860) 11th Baroness of Wentworth who was a descendant of the extinct Barons Lovelace. Ada, Countess of Lovelace, was a mathematician and computing pioneer. She has been called the world's first computer programmer because of her work on the analytical engine developed by Charles Babbage, arguably the inventor of the computer. A ceramic Blue Plaque was erected in 1992 by English Heritage at 12 St James's Square, St James's, London, SW1Y 4RB, City of Westminster 'ADA COUNTESS OF LOVELACE 1815-1852 Pioneer of Computing lived here' For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com