A GEORGE IV SILVER MEAT PLATTER WITH SILVER-PLATED COVER

MARK OF EDWARD FARRELL, LONDON, 1820

Details

A GEORGE IV SILVER MEAT PLATTER WITH SILVER-PLATED COVER
Mark of Edward Farrell, London, 1820
The platter shaped oval with dense ancanthus and shell border and two leaf-clad bracket handles, either side engraved with a coat-of-arms in foliage, the domed cover with foliate border and applied on either side with a silver coat-of-arms, and on the top with a silver handle and foliate calyx, marked under base and on each applied coat-of-arms, handle, and calyx
The platter 18in. (45.7cm.) long over handles; the platter 58oz. (1808gr.) (2)

Provenance

The Rt. Hon The Lord Hastings, sold Christie's, London, December 9, 1959, lot 136 (part)

Lot Essay

The arms are those of Sir Jacob Astley, 6th Baronet (1797-1859), who married Georgiana Caroline, 2nd daughter of Sir Henry Watkin Dashwood, in 1819. In 1841, he was created 16th Baron Hastings.

This meat platter and cover is part of a large dinner service created for Sir Jacob Astley by Edward Farrell. The majority of it, comprising more than 5000 ounces, sold at Christie's from the collection of The Rt. Hon. The Lord Hastings in 1959. A meat platter and cover from the service is illustrated in Michael Clayton, The Collector's Dictionary of Silver & Gold of Great Britain and North America, 2nd ed., 1985, no. 241, p. 156.

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