Details
TWELVE GEORGE III SHAPED-CIRCULAR SOUP PLATES, each with gadrooned border and engraved with a coat-of-arms, crest and Earls's coronet, by Sebastian and James Crespell, 1764, one with maker's mark only
9½in. (24.2cm.) diam.
(229ozs.)
The arms are those of Perceval impaling Spencer-Wilson for Charles George, 2nd Baron Arden (1756-1840) and his wife Margaret Elizabeth (d. 1851), eldest daughter of General Sir Thomas Spencer-Wilson 6th Bt., whom he married in 1767. The crest and Earl's coronet is probably for his second son George James (1794-1874), who became 6th Earl of Egmont on the death of his cousin in 1841 (12)
9½in. (24.2cm.) diam.
(229ozs.)
The arms are those of Perceval impaling Spencer-Wilson for Charles George, 2nd Baron Arden (1756-1840) and his wife Margaret Elizabeth (d. 1851), eldest daughter of General Sir Thomas Spencer-Wilson 6th Bt., whom he married in 1767. The crest and Earl's coronet is probably for his second son George James (1794-1874), who became 6th Earl of Egmont on the death of his cousin in 1841 (12)
Provenance
The Earl of Egmont, sold Christie's, 18 June 1933, lot 76
William Randolph Hearst, sold Christie's, 14 December 1938, lot 17
William Randolph Hearst, sold Christie's, 14 December 1938, lot 17