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A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE II SHAPED-CIRCULAR DINNER PLATES, each with reeded shell and foliage border, engraved with a coat-of-arms, by Anne Craig and John Neville, 1740, one lacking maker's mark
9½in (24.1cm.) diam.
(169ozs.)
The arms are those of Spencer Churchill with Jenyns in pretence for Sarah, 1st Duchess of Marlborough (d.1744) wife of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722) and daughter and co-heir of Richard Jenyns, of Sandridge, co. Herts. (12)
9½in (24.1cm.) diam.
(169ozs.)
The arms are those of Spencer Churchill with Jenyns in pretence for Sarah, 1st Duchess of Marlborough (d.1744) wife of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722) and daughter and co-heir of Richard Jenyns, of Sandridge, co. Herts. (12)
Provenance
Sarah, 1st Duchess of Marlborough and then by descent to her grandaughter, Mary (d.1789), wife of Thomas Osborne, 4th Duke of Leeds (1713-1789) and then by descent to George Godolphin Osborne, 10th Duke of Leeds (1862-1927)
The Property of the 10th Duke of Leeds Will Trust, Sold Christie's, 18 March 1987, lot 300
The Property of the 10th Duke of Leeds Will Trust, Sold Christie's, 18 March 1987, lot 300