Lot Essay
The arms are those of Townley quartering Parker and impaling those of Brooke, for Robert Townley-Parker (1793-1879) of Cuerdon Hall, Preston and Astley, Lancashire, who married Harriet, daughter of Thomas Brooke of Church Minshall, Cheshire in 1816.
A meat dish from the same service sold Christie's, New York, 17 May 2006, lot 143.
A meat dish from the same service sold Christie's, New York, 17 May 2006, lot 143.