Live Auction 2560Important English, Continental and American Silver
A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE III SILVER DINNER PLATES
Lot 118 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION 

A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE III SILVER DINNER PLATES

MARK OF MAGDALEN FELINE, LONDON, 1760

Closed17 May 2012

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A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE III SILVER DINNER PLATES
MARK OF MAGDALEN FELINE, LONDON, 1760
Each shaped circular, with gadrooned border, later engraved with a coat-of-arms below a crown of the Holy Roman Empire and a Duke's coronet, the backs further engraved with a number and scratchweight, each marked on reverse
9¾ in. (24.8 cm.) diameter; 195 oz. (6,067 gr.) (12)

Property Belonging to the Estate of Raymond H. Weill, sold
Christie's, New York, 16 April 2004, lot 105

Specialist note

The arms are those of Churchill quartering Spencer impaling Steward, for George, 5th Duke of Marlborough (1766-1817) and his wife Susan (d. 1841), daughter of John, 7th Earl of Galloway (1736-1806), whom he married in 1792.

Another set of twelve plates from this service sold Christie's, London, 10 June 2008, lot 236.