Beckford’s waiters bring £36,000
A PAIR of silver-gilt waiters made by William Burwash for William Beckford, “the wealthiest commoner in England” who built the lavish Gothic Revival Fonthill Abbey in Wiltshire, sold for £36,000 at auction last week.
They were offered at Woolley & Wallis's January 27 silver sale as part of the estate of the late…