A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE II DINNER PLATES

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A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE II DINNER PLATES
maker's mark of Edward Wakelin, London, 1749

Shaped circular and with gadrooned borders, each engraved with a lozenge of arms and a later coat-of-arms, marked on reverse - 24.5cm. (9¾in.) diam.
6,592grs. (12)

拍品专文

The lozenge of arms are those of Seymour impaling Finch, for Lady Charlotte Finch, Duchess of Somerset (d.1773), widow of Charles, 6th Duke of Somerset, "The Proud Duke", (1662-1748), whom she married as his second wife on 4th February 1725. She was daughter of Daniel, 7th Earl of Winchelsea (d.1720/30) and his second wife, Anne, only daughter of Christopher, Viscount Hatton.