A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE III SILVER DINNER-PLATES
A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE III SILVER DINNER-PLATES

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.

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