MARK OF WILLIAM GRUNDY, LONDON, 1764

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A GEORGE III SILVER MEAT DISH
MARK OF WILLIAM GRUNDY, LONDON, 1764
Shaped oval with beaded rim, the border engraved with a coat-of-arms under an earl's coronet, marked to underside and with scratch weight
18 ¼ in. (46.4 cm.) long; 73 oz. 4 dwt. (2,270 gr.)

Provenance

Henry Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk and his wife, the Hone. Maria Constantia Hampden-Trevor
With James Robinson Inc., New York.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

Lot Essay

The arms are those of Howard quartering Brotherton, Warren and Mowbray impaling Trevor, for Henry Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk and 5th Earl of Berkshire (1739-1779) and his first wife, the Hon. Maria Constantia Hampden-Trevor (d. 1767), daughter of Robert Hampden-Trevor, 1st Viscount Hampden (1706-1783), whom he married in 1764.

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