A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER ENTREE-DISHES AND COVERS
MARK OF JOHN WAKELIN AND ROBERT GARRARD, LONDON, 1793
Each elongated octagonal with gadrooned borders, the covers with detachable foliate-wrapped berry handles, engraved with a coat-of-arms to the cover and to the interior, marked on each dish and cover, engraved with scratch weights 'No. 1 44"6'; 'No. 2 43"17'; 'No. 3 44"18'; and 'No. 4 44"15'
12 ¼ in. (31 cm.) wide
172 oz. 16 dwt. (5,376 gr.)
The arms are those of Milnes quartering others with Busk in pretence, for James Milnes (1755-1805), of Thornes House, Wakefield, co. York and his wife Mary-Ann, daughter and co-heir of Hans Busk of Leeds, whom he married in 1778.
A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER ENTREE-DISHES AND COVERS
MARK OF JOHN WAKELIN AND ROBERT GARRARD, LONDON, 1793
Each elongated octagonal with gadrooned borders, the covers with detachable foliate-wrapped berry handles, engraved with a coat-of-arms to the cover and to the interior, marked on each dish and cover, engraved with scratch weights 'No. 1 44"6'; 'No. 2 43"17'; 'No. 3 44"18'; and 'No. 4 44"15'
12 ¼ in. (31 cm.) wide
172 oz. 16 dwt. (5,376 gr.)
The arms are those of Milnes quartering others with Busk in pretence, for James Milnes (1755-1805), of Thornes House, Wakefield, co. York and his wife Mary-Ann, daughter and co-heir of Hans Busk of Leeds, whom he married in 1778.
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