Live Auction 14963THE COLLECTOR: English and European Furniture, Works of Art & Ceramics & Silver
A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER SHELL FORM DISHES
Lot 695 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, NORTH CAROLINA

A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER SHELL FORM DISHES

MARK OF HENRY CHAWNER AND JOHN EMES, LONDON, 1796

Closed18 October 2017

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER SHELL FORM DISHES
MARK OF HENRY CHAWNER AND JOHN EMES, LONDON, 1796
Engraved with crest and motto under a Baron's coronet, raised on three shell feet, marked on undersides
6 ¼ in. (16 cm.) long; 8 oz. 4 dwt. (256.2 gr.)

The crest is that of Herbert, almost certainly for Henry, Baron Herbert (1772-1833), later 2nd Earl of Carnarvon, eldest son of Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon, created in 1792. Lord Herbet married Elizabeth (d.1813), daughter of Col. John Dyke Acland, in 1796.