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A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE II SILVER DINNER PLATES
MAKER'S MARK OF EDWARD FELINE, LONDON, 1751
EACH SHAPED-CIRCULAR AND WITH GADROONED BORDER, ENGRAVED WITH A COAT-OF-ARMS, MARKED ON REVERSES, EACH WITH SCRATCH WEIGHT, WITH INVENTORY NUMBERS FROM 13 TO 24 - 9¾IN. (24.5CM.) DIAM.
239OZS. (7,447GRS.)
THE ARMS ARE THOSE OF GREY IMAPLING BOOTH FOR HARRY, 4TH EARL OF STAMFORD (1715-1768) AND HIS WIFE LADY MARY, ONLY DAUGHTER AND HEIRESS OF GEORGE, 2ND EARL OF WARRINGTON, WHOM HE MARRIED IN 1736. ON THE DEATH OF THE 2ND EARL OF WARRINGTON THE ESTATES OF DUNHAM MASSEY PASSED TO MARY, COUNTESS OF STAMFORD. HER SON, GEORGE HARRY, 5TH EARL OF STAMFORD WAS LATER CREATED BARON DELMER OF DUNHAM MASSEY AND EARL OF WARRINGTON (12)
MAKER'S MARK OF EDWARD FELINE, LONDON, 1751
EACH SHAPED-CIRCULAR AND WITH GADROONED BORDER, ENGRAVED WITH A COAT-OF-ARMS, MARKED ON REVERSES, EACH WITH SCRATCH WEIGHT, WITH INVENTORY NUMBERS FROM 13 TO 24 - 9¾IN. (24.5CM.) DIAM.
239OZS. (7,447GRS.)
THE ARMS ARE THOSE OF GREY IMAPLING BOOTH FOR HARRY, 4TH EARL OF STAMFORD (1715-1768) AND HIS WIFE LADY MARY, ONLY DAUGHTER AND HEIRESS OF GEORGE, 2ND EARL OF WARRINGTON, WHOM HE MARRIED IN 1736. ON THE DEATH OF THE 2ND EARL OF WARRINGTON THE ESTATES OF DUNHAM MASSEY PASSED TO MARY, COUNTESS OF STAMFORD. HER SON, GEORGE HARRY, 5TH EARL OF STAMFORD WAS LATER CREATED BARON DELMER OF DUNHAM MASSEY AND EARL OF WARRINGTON (12)
Provenance
HARRY, 4TH EARL OF STAMFORD AND THEN BY DESCENT TO
CATHERINE, LADY GREY AND SIR JOHN FOLEY GREY BART., SOLD IN THESE ROOMS, 20 APRIL 1921, PART OF LOTS 30-35 (72 DINNER PLATES, #496 TO TESSIER)
CATHERINE, LADY GREY AND SIR JOHN FOLEY GREY BART., SOLD IN THESE ROOMS, 20 APRIL 1921, PART OF LOTS 30-35 (72 DINNER PLATES, #496 TO TESSIER)