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Lot Essay
The arms are those of Stanley, for Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby (1752-1834) impaling those of his wife, Lady Elizabeth Hamilton, daughter of Sir James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton and Elizabeth Gunning, Baroness Hamilton of Hameldon.
Although Edward Stanley-Smith served as Lancaster's Knight of the Shire and later as Chancellor of the Duchy, he was best known as a sportsman. He founded several horse racing festivals including the Oaks in 1779 and the Derby in 1780. The Derby, also called the Epsom Derby, has been run continuously to this day and is considered one of the most prestigious flat thoroughbred horse races, as well as the second leg of the English Triple Crown.
A pair of covered entrie dishes from this service was sold Christie's, London, 10 July 1996, lot 167.
A Parker and Wakelin supper set, consisting of four fan-shaped dishes and engraved with the royal arms of George III, dating to 1766, is illustrated in Elaine Barr, George Wickes, Royal Goldsmith, 1698-1761, p. 141, pl. 91.
Although Edward Stanley-Smith served as Lancaster's Knight of the Shire and later as Chancellor of the Duchy, he was best known as a sportsman. He founded several horse racing festivals including the Oaks in 1779 and the Derby in 1780. The Derby, also called the Epsom Derby, has been run continuously to this day and is considered one of the most prestigious flat thoroughbred horse races, as well as the second leg of the English Triple Crown.
A pair of covered entrie dishes from this service was sold Christie's, London, 10 July 1996, lot 167.
A Parker and Wakelin supper set, consisting of four fan-shaped dishes and engraved with the royal arms of George III, dating to 1766, is illustrated in Elaine Barr, George Wickes, Royal Goldsmith, 1698-1761, p. 141, pl. 91.