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MARK OF THOMAS HEMING, LONDON, 1770
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A SET OF TWENTY-FOUR GEORGE III SILVER DINNER-PLATES
MARK OF THOMAS HEMING, LONDON, 1770
Each shaped circular, with gadrooned border, engraved with a coat-of-arms within laurel mantling, marked underneath, further engraved with scratchweights '17'; '17=4'; '17=9'; '17=10'; '17=11'; 2 '17=15'; '17=16'; '17=17'; 2 '17=18'; '18'; '18 1/2'; '18=1'; 2 '18=2'; 4 '18=3' '18=4'; 2 '18=5' and '18=9'
9 ½ in. (24 cm.) diameter
424 oz. 18 dwt. (13,217 gr.)
The arms are those of Wallace with Simpson in pretence for James Wallace Esq. (1729-1783). He was M.P. for Horsham 1770 - 83, Solicitor General 1778-80 and Attorney General 1780-83. He married on 8 January 1767, Elizabeth (d.1811), daughter and sole heiress of Thomas Simpson of Carleton Hall, Cumberland, which property came to Wallace in the marriage. Their only son, Thomas (1768-1844) was in 1828 created Baron Wallace of Knaresdale, and died without issue.
MARK OF THOMAS HEMING, LONDON, 1770
Each shaped circular, with gadrooned border, engraved with a coat-of-arms within laurel mantling, marked underneath, further engraved with scratchweights '17'; '17=4'; '17=9'; '17=10'; '17=11'; 2 '17=15'; '17=16'; '17=17'; 2 '17=18'; '18'; '18 1/2'; '18=1'; 2 '18=2'; 4 '18=3' '18=4'; 2 '18=5' and '18=9'
9 ½ in. (24 cm.) diameter
424 oz. 18 dwt. (13,217 gr.)
The arms are those of Wallace with Simpson in pretence for James Wallace Esq. (1729-1783). He was M.P. for Horsham 1770 - 83, Solicitor General 1778-80 and Attorney General 1780-83. He married on 8 January 1767, Elizabeth (d.1811), daughter and sole heiress of Thomas Simpson of Carleton Hall, Cumberland, which property came to Wallace in the marriage. Their only son, Thomas (1768-1844) was in 1828 created Baron Wallace of Knaresdale, and died without issue.
Provenance
The Parham Park Trust; Christie's, London, 15 June 2004, lot 62.
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