Live Auction 21052Ombersley Court: The Collection of Lord and Lady Sandys
A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE III SILVER DINNER PLATES FROM THE 2ND BARON SANDYS' DINNER SERVICE
Lot 70 The Sandys dinner service is engraved with the arms of Sandys quartering others impaling Colebrooke, for Edwin Sandys, 2nd Baron Sandys (1726-1797), and his wife Anna Maria (d. 1806), daughter of James Colebrooke (1680-1752), whom he married in 1769. The service illustrates the complex relationships between the London goldsmiths. Presumably commissioned from Thomas Heming, Principal Goldsmith to the King, a number of pieces have the mark of Sebastian and James Crespell overstruck by Heming, who no doubt outsourced the making of the dinner plates to Crespell, as can also be seen on the plates made for Frances Williams-Wynn (d.1803), widow of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 3rd Bt. (d. 1749). Similarly Fogelberg supplied Heming with dishes, for a dinner service made for Sir Edward Astley (1729-1802), 4th Bt. of Melton Constable Hall, Norfolk.

A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE III SILVER DINNER PLATES FROM THE 2ND BARON SANDYS' DINNER SERVICE

MARK OF SEBASTIAN AND JAMES CRESPELL OVERSTRUCK BY THE MARK OF THOMAS HEMING, LONDON, 1770

Closed29 November 2023

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GBP 10,080

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A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE III SILVER DINNER PLATES FROM THE 2ND BARON SANDYS' DINNER SERVICE
MARK OF SEBASTIAN AND JAMES CRESPELL OVERSTRUCK BY THE MARK OF THOMAS HEMING, LONDON, 1770
Each shaped circular with gadrooned rims, engraved with a coat-of-arms with baron's coronet above, marked underneath and with scratchweights 16:7/ 16:16 ½/ 16:17 ½/ 16:14 ½/ 17:2/ 17:7/ 17:4 ½/ 17:11/ 16:17/ 17:24/ 17:12 and 17:5 ½
9 5⁄8 in. (24.4 cm.) diameter
201 oz. 9 dwt. (6,266 gr.)
Please note that 100% of the hammer proceeds from this auction will be paid to the Sandys Trust, registered charity number: 1168357, with the exception of limited deductions towards sale costs across the auction which cannot be accurately calculated at this time, capped at a total of £10,000.

Edwin Sandys, 2nd Baron Sandys (1726–1797), then by descent.