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A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE II SILVER DINNER PLATES

MARK OF FREDERICK KANDLER, LONDON, 1755

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A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE II SILVER DINNER PLATES
MARK OF FREDERICK KANDLER, LONDON, 1755
Each shaped circular, the border engraved with an Earl's coat-of-arms, all but one plate with scratch weight on reverse, 19=13, 20=6, 20=8,20=7, 20=4, 20=2, 20=15, 20=7, 20=8, marked on reverses
9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm.) diameter; 241 oz. 10 dwt. (7,517 gr.) (12)

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Lot Essay

The arms are those of Bennet impaling Astley for Charles Bennet, 3rd Earl of Tankerville (1716-1767). In 1742, he married Alice, the daughter of Sir John Astley, 2nd Baronet. Charles Bennet was briefly a member of Parliament (from 1748-1749) and in 1753, took his seat in the House of Lords, having succeeded his father to the earldom.

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