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LONDON, 1767, UNREGISTERED MAKER'S MARK I.W, ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN WELDRING OR JAMES WIBURD
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A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE III SILVER DINNER-PLATES
LONDON, 1767, UNREGISTERED MAKER'S MARK I.W, ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN WELDRING OR JAMES WIBURD
Shaped circular, with gadrooned borders, engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked underneath, further engraved with number and scratch weight 'No 13 14"19'; 'No 16 15"2'; 'No 18 14"15"1/2'; 'No 19 15"3"0'; 'No 26 14"12'; 'No 32 13"17"1/2'; 'No 35 14"8"1/2'; 'No 38 13"3"1/2'; 'No 39 13"3"1/2'; 'No 44 14"9"1/2'; 'No 46 14"17"1/2' and 'No 48 13"15"1/2'
9 ¾ in. (24.8 cm.) diam.
169 oz. 10 dwt. (5,272 gr.)
The arms are those of Wilson quartering Sykes and another, possibly for Richard Wilson (d.1776) or his brother Thomas Wilson (1713-1789), both of whom died unmarried; the sons of Richard Wilson (1768-1761), Recorder of Leeds, whose mother Elizabeth, was the daughter and heiress of Richard Sykes of Leeds.
LONDON, 1767, UNREGISTERED MAKER'S MARK I.W, ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN WELDRING OR JAMES WIBURD
Shaped circular, with gadrooned borders, engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked underneath, further engraved with number and scratch weight 'No 13 14"19'; 'No 16 15"2'; 'No 18 14"15"1/2'; 'No 19 15"3"0'; 'No 26 14"12'; 'No 32 13"17"1/2'; 'No 35 14"8"1/2'; 'No 38 13"3"1/2'; 'No 39 13"3"1/2'; 'No 44 14"9"1/2'; 'No 46 14"17"1/2' and 'No 48 13"15"1/2'
9 ¾ in. (24.8 cm.) diam.
169 oz. 10 dwt. (5,272 gr.)
The arms are those of Wilson quartering Sykes and another, possibly for Richard Wilson (d.1776) or his brother Thomas Wilson (1713-1789), both of whom died unmarried; the sons of Richard Wilson (1768-1761), Recorder of Leeds, whose mother Elizabeth, was the daughter and heiress of Richard Sykes of Leeds.
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