A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE IV SILVER SOUP PLATES
Property from the Muskegon Museum of Art, sold to benefit the acquisitions fund
A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE IV SILVER SOUP PLATES

MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1828; ONE MARK OF CATCHPOLE & WILLIAMS, LONDON, 1901

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A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE IV SILVER SOUP PLATES
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1828; ONE MARK OF CATCHPOLE & WILLIAMS, LONDON, 1901
Each shaped circular with a gadrooned border, the border engraved with a baronet's arms, the center later engraved with the arms of an earl, each marked on reverse, also engraved with inventory numbers and scratch weights
9½ in. (24 cm.) diameter; 235 oz. (7,319 gr.) (12)

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Lot Essay

The contemporary arms are those of Knatchbull, as borne by the Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Knatchbull, 9th Bt. (1781-1849). He was M.P. for Kent, later for East Kent and served as Paymaster General from 1834-35 and 1841-45. The later arms are those of Proby quartering Allen, as borne by the Earls of Carysford.

A set of twelve plates from the same service sold in these Rooms, 17 April 1985, lot 261 and another set of twelve plates sold Sotheby's, London, 13 June 1983, lot 92.

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