A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE III SILVER-GILT DINNER PLATES

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A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE III SILVER-GILT DINNER PLATES
LONDON, 1787, MAKER'S MARK OF EDWARD FERNELL

Each of shaped circular form, with applied gadrooned border, the rim engraved with a coat of arms, a lozenge of arms, a crest, and a Baron's coronet, marked on reverses--9 1/2 in. (24.2 cm.) diameter
(171 oz.) (12)

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The arms are those of Hanmer impaling those of Chetwynd, as borne by Sir John Hanmer, 3rd Bt., who married in 1833 Georgiana, youngest daughter of Sir George Chetwynd. He was created Baron Hanmer in 1872 and died in 1881.