A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE III SILVER MEAT DISHES

A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE III SILVER MEAT DISHES
EIGHT MARK OF DAVID WHYTE AND WILLIAM HOLMES, LONDON, 1764, FOUR MARK OF FRANCIS BUTTY AND NICHOLAS DUMEE, 1770
Each shaped oval, with gadrooned border, engraved with a crest, each marked on reverse, the four dishes marked Butty & Dumee engraved on reverse with scratch weights, 22=18, 23=6, 22=18, and 22=15, the four smaller dishes marked Whyte & Holmes also with scratch weights, 21=9, 21=13, 23=8, and 21=4, the four larger dishes marked Whyte & Holmes numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4
Two sets of four 13¼ in. (33.7 cm.) long; the other set of four 14 in. (35.6 cm.) long; 276 oz. (8,598 gr.) (12)