A GEORGE III SILVER VEGETABLE DISH AND COVER AND OLD-SHEFFIELD PLATE STAND
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A GEORGE III SILVER VEGETABLE DISH AND COVER AND OLD-SHEFFIELD PLATE STAND

MARK OF HENRY NUTTING, LONDON, 1805

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A GEORGE III SILVER VEGETABLE DISH AND COVER AND OLD-SHEFFIELD PLATE STAND
MARK OF HENRY NUTTING, LONDON, 1805
Plain oval with reeded and scrolls border, the liner divided in four compartments and with central hot water reservoir, the domed cover with reeded branch ring finial, engraved on body and cover with the Royal arms and a further coat-of-arms within motto beneath marquess' coronet, marked on liner, dividers, hot water reservoir screw top and inside cover, engraved underneath the Sheffield-Plate stand '34'
18 in. (46 cm.) wide
105 oz. 7 dwt. (3,277 gr.)
The Royal arms are for King George III (1760-1820), as borne before 1815
The further arms are those of Stewart quarting another, presumably for Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry K.G.(1739-1821).

Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry K.G. (1739-1821), then by descent.