FOUR GEORGE III SILVER SECOND-COURSE DISHES

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FOUR GEORGE III SILVER SECOND-COURSE DISHES
MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN PARKER & EDWARD WAKELIN, LONDON, 1770, ONE STRUCK THREE TIMES WITH MAKER'S MARK ONLY

Of shaped circular form with gadrooned rim, the border engraved with a Baron's armorials, marked on reverses, also numbered and with scratch weights--11 1/8in.(28.2cm.) diameter
(87oz., 2725gr.) (4)

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The arms are those of Charles, 1st Baron Bayning, born in 1728, the eldest son of William Townsend, groom of the Bedchamber to Frederick, Prince of Wales and grandson of Charles, 2nd Viscount Townsend. He married in 1777 Annabella Powlette, daughter of the Rev. Richard Smyth. He was created a Baron in 1797 and died in 1810.