TWELVE GEORGE III SILVER DINNER PLATES
Lot 501

TWELVE GEORGE III SILVER DINNER PLATES

LONDON, TEN WITH MARK OF DANIEL PIERS, 1755; TWO WITH MARK OF FREDERICK KANDLER, 1761

Closed14 November 2019

Price Realised

GBP 4,750

More Information

How to sell

TWELVE GEORGE III SILVER DINNER PLATES
LONDON, TEN WITH MARK OF DANIEL PIERS, 1755; TWO WITH MARK OF FREDERICK KANDLER, 1761
Shaped circular, with gadrooned borders, engraved with a coat-of-arms below viscount's coronet, marked underneath, with scratch weights 16=7, 19=3, 18=3, 16=8, 16=7, 16=13, 17=12, 17=3, 17=2, 16=2, 17=1, 19=5
9 ¾ in. (25 cm.) diam.
302 oz. 17 dwt. (9,420 gr.)
The arms on ten are those of Murray quartering Barclay of Balvaird, for David, 7th Viscount Stormont K.T. (1727-1796). The arms on two are the Royal arms of King George III.

David, 7th Viscount Stormont K.T. (1727-1796), the two dinner plates with Royal Arms recieved by Lord Stormont as a perquiste of office in his role as an ambassador, then by descent.