THE PROPERTY OF THE LORD KENYON
A set of four George II silver second course dishes
UNMARKED, CIRCA 1770
Details
A set of four George II silver second course dishes
unmarked, circa 1770
Shaped-circular and with gadrooned borders, each engraved with a coat-of-arms with Baron's coronet above, unmarked, each engraved with scratchweight 'No1 31, No.2 30=7, No.3 31=3, No.4 30=7'
11½in. (29cm.) diam.
121ozs. (3,755grs.)
The arms are those of Kenyon quartering Lloyd impaling Kenyon for Lloyd Kenyon Esq. (1732-1802) and his wife Mary, third daughter of George Kenyon of Peel Hall, Lancashire, whom he married in 1773. He was called to the Bar in 1761 and became Chief Justice of Chester in 1780. He was created a Baronet in 1784 and when, in 1788, he succeeded Lord Mansfield as Lord Chief Justice of England, he was created Lord Kenyon, Baron of Gredington, Co. Flint. (4)
unmarked, circa 1770
Shaped-circular and with gadrooned borders, each engraved with a coat-of-arms with Baron's coronet above, unmarked, each engraved with scratchweight 'No1 31, No.2 30=7, No.3 31=3, No.4 30=7'
11½in. (29cm.) diam.
121ozs. (3,755grs.)
The arms are those of Kenyon quartering Lloyd impaling Kenyon for Lloyd Kenyon Esq. (1732-1802) and his wife Mary, third daughter of George Kenyon of Peel Hall, Lancashire, whom he married in 1773. He was called to the Bar in 1761 and became Chief Justice of Chester in 1780. He was created a Baronet in 1784 and when, in 1788, he succeeded Lord Mansfield as Lord Chief Justice of England, he was created Lord Kenyon, Baron of Gredington, Co. Flint. (4)
Provenance
Lloyd Kenyon (1732-1802) and thence by descent