Lot Essay
Eleven plates from this service engraved with the arms of Acheson sold at Sotheby's, New York, 31 May 1979, lot 251 (plates numbering 49-59).
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PROPERTY OF AN EAST COAST FAMILY
A SET OF TWENTY-FOUR GEORGE III IRISH SILVER DINNER PLATES
MARK OF ROBERT CALDERWOOD, DUBLIN, CIRCA 1760
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A SET OF TWENTY-FOUR GEORGE III IRISH SILVER DINNER PLATES
MARK OF ROBERT CALDERWOOD, DUBLIN, CIRCA 1760
Shaped circular, with a gadrooned border, the rim engraved with a coat-of-arms and a later crest and Earl's coronet, each marked with maker's mark only on reverse and with numbers and scratchweights
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) diameter; 372 oz. 10 dwt. (11,597 gr.)
The arms are those of Acheson impaling Richardson, for Sir Archibald Acheson (1718-1806), and his wife Mary, daughter of Joseph Richardson, of Rich Hill, County Armagh, whom he married in 1740. In 1776, he was created Baron Gosford of Market Hill, County Armagh, and in 1785 advanced to Viscount Gosford. His son was created Earl of Gosford in 1806. (24)
MARK OF ROBERT CALDERWOOD, DUBLIN, CIRCA 1760
Shaped circular, with a gadrooned border, the rim engraved with a coat-of-arms and a later crest and Earl's coronet, each marked with maker's mark only on reverse and with numbers and scratchweights
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) diameter; 372 oz. 10 dwt. (11,597 gr.)
The arms are those of Acheson impaling Richardson, for Sir Archibald Acheson (1718-1806), and his wife Mary, daughter of Joseph Richardson, of Rich Hill, County Armagh, whom he married in 1740. In 1776, he was created Baron Gosford of Market Hill, County Armagh, and in 1785 advanced to Viscount Gosford. His son was created Earl of Gosford in 1806. (24)