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THE COVERS WITH THE MARK OF MATTHEW BOULTON, BIRMINGHAM, ONE MEAT DISH WITH THE MARK OF T.& J. CRESWICK, SHEFFIELD, THE OTHER APPARENTLY UNMARKED, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE MEAT-DISH COVERS AND TWO MEAT-DISHES
THE COVERS WITH THE MARK OF MATTHEW BOULTON, BIRMINGHAM, ONE MEAT DISH WITH THE MARK OF T.& J. CRESWICK, SHEFFIELD, THE OTHER APPARENTLY UNMARKED, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The covers oval and with moulded rim below gadrooned band, with detachable reeded scroll, foliage and lion's mask handles, one meat-dish shaped oval with reeded rim, the other oval with egg-and-dart rim, the covers and the shaped meat-dish each engraved with a coat-of-arms and a crest, the other meat-dish engraved with a differing crest, the covers marked inside, one meat-dish marked on the reverse
the meat-dishes - 20 in. (50.5 cm.) long and 18 3/8 in. (46.7 cm.) long
The arms on the dish covers and one meat-dish are those of Smith impaling Chatfield for Samuel George Smith (1789-1863) of Goldings, co. Herts and his wife Eugenia (d.1838), third daughter of the Rev. Robert Chatfield, whom he married in 1821. His uncle, Robert Smith (1752-1838), was created 1st Baron Carrington in 1796.
The differing crest is that of Gardiner, as granted to Robert Gardiner of Lancashire on 15 April 1549. (4)
THE COVERS WITH THE MARK OF MATTHEW BOULTON, BIRMINGHAM, ONE MEAT DISH WITH THE MARK OF T.& J. CRESWICK, SHEFFIELD, THE OTHER APPARENTLY UNMARKED, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The covers oval and with moulded rim below gadrooned band, with detachable reeded scroll, foliage and lion's mask handles, one meat-dish shaped oval with reeded rim, the other oval with egg-and-dart rim, the covers and the shaped meat-dish each engraved with a coat-of-arms and a crest, the other meat-dish engraved with a differing crest, the covers marked inside, one meat-dish marked on the reverse
the meat-dishes - 20 in. (50.5 cm.) long and 18 3/8 in. (46.7 cm.) long
The arms on the dish covers and one meat-dish are those of Smith impaling Chatfield for Samuel George Smith (1789-1863) of Goldings, co. Herts and his wife Eugenia (d.1838), third daughter of the Rev. Robert Chatfield, whom he married in 1821. His uncle, Robert Smith (1752-1838), was created 1st Baron Carrington in 1796.
The differing crest is that of Gardiner, as granted to Robert Gardiner of Lancashire on 15 April 1549. (4)
Provenance
In regular use in the Dining Room of the Private Apartment of H.R.H. The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon at Kensington Palace.
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