Lot Essay
D.S. Howard, op. cit., p. 657 notes that the service descended by marriage to Viscount Scarsdale and illustrates two pieces then at Kedleston.
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CIRCA 1780
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THREE ARMORIAL PLATES
Circa 1780
A pair of dinner plates and a butter plate, all with the arms of Robert Henley, 2nd (and last) Earl of Northington in the center surrounded by fruit and flower clusters, the rims with insects and fruit and floral sprigs enclosed by green and gilt husk borders
9 and 6in. (23.5 and 15.9cm.) diameter (3)
Circa 1780
A pair of dinner plates and a butter plate, all with the arms of Robert Henley, 2nd (and last) Earl of Northington in the center surrounded by fruit and flower clusters, the rims with insects and fruit and floral sprigs enclosed by green and gilt husk borders
9 and 6in. (23.5 and 15.9cm.) diameter (3)