MAKER'S MARK OF WS, LONDON 1812

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A SET OF EIGHT GEORGE III SHAPED CIRCULAR PLATES
Maker's mark of WS, London 1812
Each with gadrooned border and engraved with a coat of arms, each numbered and with scratch weight, No. 27 21 = 10, No 31 20, No. 35 21; No. 34 20 = 18; No. 28 20 = 8; No 32 18 = 15; No 26 20 = 15; No. 30 19 = 15
25 cm. (9 3/4 in.) diameter
4,921 gr. (158.2 oz.)
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Lot Essay

The arms are those of Wyndham, for Sir George O'Brien Wyndham, third Earl of Egremont (1751-1837), patron of fine art; member of Board of Agriculture 1793; Lord Lieutenant of Sussex 1819-1835; stockbreeder at Petworth and patron of art; one of the first to appreciate Turner, who had a studio at Petworth. Among the artists he patronised were Benjamin Robert Haydon, John Flaxman, Joseph Nollekens; John Charles Felix Rossi and John Constable

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