ϒ A German ivory charger in Renaissance Revival style, circa 1870, the segmented oval body relief carved with a central cartouche depicting Mars being disarmed by Venus surrounded by amorini, and with further oval scenes to the border including Diana and Actaeon, Perseus and Andromeda, Hercules and Omphale and other mythological pairs, interspersed with grotesque masks, mounted to a stained beech support, 59cm high, 75cm wide Property from the estate of the late Betty, Lady Grantchester. Betty Suenson-Taylor was born Elizabeth Moores in 1925. She was the eldest child of the Littlewoods founder Sir John Moores (1896-1993). Betty was educated at Cheltenham Ladies College and Newnham College, Cambridge. It was as an undergraduate at Cambridge that she met her husband Kenneth Suenson-Taylor, who became 2nd Baron Grantchester in 1975.In the early 1970s Betty joined the board of Littlewoods, and took over as Director in 1977, at a time when there were few women board directors. Betty was exceptionally reknowned for her charitable work through the Moores Family Charity, as well as supporting women's education at both Newnham College and Lucy Cavendish College in Cambridge. Her other charitable works included support for the Mersey Forest, Liverpool John Moores University and the Welsh National Opera. Lady Grantchester died in 2019 at the age of 93.Cf Sotheby's London, From Earth to Fire, 01 November 2017, lot 834 ϒ Indicates that this lot may be subject to CITES regulations when exported. Please see our Terms & Conditions for more information.