Lot Essay
The arms are those of Bennet impaling Bennet quartering another for William Bennet Esq. (d. 1707) and his wife Patienta, sister and heir of Col. Thomas Bennet, of Pythouse, whom he married in 1686.
A set of four dinner plates from the same service sold at Christie's, London, December 18, 1997, lot 162.
A set of four dinner plates from the same service sold at Christie's, London, December 18, 1997, lot 162.