A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER-GILT WINE COASTERS

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A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER-GILT WINE COASTERS
maker's mark of Michael Plummer, London, 1792

Circular, the sides engraved with interlaced scrolls and foliage on a matted ground and with applied berried foliage rim, the interior engraved with a coat-of-arms with crown above, marked on sides
2 1/8in. (5.7cm.) high; 5in. (13cm.) diam. (4)

来源

Supplied to Christian Frederick Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburgh-Ansbach following his marriage to Elizabeth, widow of William, 6th Lord Craven in 1791
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 8 October 1958, lot 89 (#85 to Lumley)

拍品专文

The arms are those of His Serene Highness Christian Frederick Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburgh-Ansbach and Bayreuth and his wife Elizabeth (d.1828), widow of William, 6th Lord Craven (d.1761) and daughter of Augustus, 4th Earl of Berkeley, whom he married in Lisbon on 13th October 1791. These coasters were no doubt commissioned to celebrate the marriage