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MARK OF WILLIAM STROUD (PROBABLY), LONDON, 1793,
Details
A GEORGE III VOLUNTEER OFFICER'S SILVER SHOULDER-BELT PLATE,
MARK OF WILLIAM STROUD (probably), LONDON, 1793,
Oval, applied with the arms of Sackville, Duke of Dorset, 3 3/8 in. long (8.8 cm.).
MARK OF WILLIAM STROUD (probably), LONDON, 1793,
Oval, applied with the arms of Sackville, Duke of Dorset, 3 3/8 in. long (8.8 cm.).
Special notice
VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.
Further details
John-Frederick Sackville was 3rd. Duke of Dorset, 1769-1799. The family seat was at Knole, near Sevenoaks in Kent but there were many subsidiary estates elsewhere in the country. It may be that he was colonel of a locally-raised regiment of Volunteers but it is definitely known that he was Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Kent & of the city of Canterbury. Certainly the family had links with the local Volunteers as a contemporary report of September, 1803 records that, George-John-Frederick, 4th Duke, & his mother, Arabella-Diana, who had re-married Charles, Lord Whitworth, received the Sevenoaks Volunteer Infantry under Lt. Col. Lord Whitworth at Knole Park, where the duchess presented colours to the regiment and afterwards lavishly entertained the officers at Knole.
Sale room notice
This has been subsequently identified as being the shoulder-belt plate of the West Kent Militia.