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The arms are those of Cotton or Skynner with another in pretense.
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MARK OF EDWARD WAKELIN, LONDON, 1759
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A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE II SILVER DINNER PLATES
Mark of Edward Wakelin, London, 1759
Each shaped circular with a gadrooned rim, one side engraved with a coat-of-arms in a rococo cartouche flanked by sprays of foliage and reeds, each marked on reverse, also with inventory numbers and scratchweights
9½in. (24.1cm.) diameter; 213oz. 10dwt. (6648gr.) (12)
Mark of Edward Wakelin, London, 1759
Each shaped circular with a gadrooned rim, one side engraved with a coat-of-arms in a rococo cartouche flanked by sprays of foliage and reeds, each marked on reverse, also with inventory numbers and scratchweights
9½in. (24.1cm.) diameter; 213oz. 10dwt. (6648gr.) (12)
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, December 14 & 15, 1977, lot 589