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A SET OF TWELVE EDWARD VII SILVER-GILT DINNER-PLATES
Lot 216

A SET OF TWELVE EDWARD VII SILVER-GILT DINNER-PLATES

MARK OF SKINNER AND CO, LONDON, 1908

Closed23 March 2017

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A SET OF TWELVE EDWARD VII SILVER-GILT DINNER-PLATES
MARK OF SKINNER AND CO, LONDON, 1908
Each shaped circular, with gadrooned border, engraved with a crest below an earl's coronet, marked underneath and stamped 'Skinner & Co Orchard St. London. W.'
9 7/8 in. (25 cm.) diameter
237 oz. 4 dwt. (7,378 gr.)
The crest is that of Palmer as borne by the Earls of Selborne for William, 2nd Earl of Selborne K.G. (1859-1942).

William, 2nd Earl of Selborne K.G. (1859-1942) and then by descent to his great grandson,
John, 4th Earl of Selborne (b.1940).
The Earl of Selborne, Sotheby's, London, 21 June 1973, lot 131, ungilded (£520 to Mrs. Dean).
A Gentleman; Christie's, London, 15 June 2004, lot 1, ungilded.