Lot Essay
The arms are those of Ellis impaling those of Stanhope.
Details
A SET OF TWELVE SILVER GEORGE II DINNER PLATES
LONDON, 1745, MAKER'S MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE
Of circular form, the gadrooned rims with shells and scrolls at intervals, borders engraved with a coat-of-arms within a circular foliate scroll cartouche, marked on reverses, also numbered 49, 52, 58, 61, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72 and with scratch weights -- 10 in. diam. (25.4 cm.)
(233 oz.)
LONDON, 1745, MAKER'S MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE
Of circular form, the gadrooned rims with shells and scrolls at intervals, borders engraved with a coat-of-arms within a circular foliate scroll cartouche, marked on reverses, also numbered 49, 52, 58, 61, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72 and with scratch weights -- 10 in. diam. (25.4 cm.)
(233 oz.)
Provenance
Christie's, London, May 4, 1893, lot 127
Christie's, London, February 3, 1943, lot 70
Oscar B. Cintas, Havana, Cuba
Christie's, London, December 14, 1962, lot 140 (a set of forty-eight)
Christie's, London, February 3, 1943, lot 70
Oscar B. Cintas, Havana, Cuba
Christie's, London, December 14, 1962, lot 140 (a set of forty-eight)
Literature
Michael Clayton, Christie's Pictorial History of English and American Silver, Oxford, 1985, p. 169, fig. 9