.jpg?w=1)
TWENTY-TWO WITH MARK OF ELIZA GODFREY, LONDON, 1742, TWO UNMARKED, ONE POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED
Details
TWENTY-FOUR GEORGE II SILVER DINNER-PLATES
TWENTY-TWO WITH MARK OF ELIZA GODFREY, LONDON, 1742, TWO UNMARKED, ONE POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED
Each octagonal and with gadrooned border, engraved with a coat-of-arms below a viscount's coronet, twenty-two marked underneath, each further engraved with a number and scratch weight 'No. 25 20=5'; 'No. 26 19=4'; 'No. 27 19=19'; 'No. 28 18=9'; 'No. 29 20=6'; 'No. 30 19=19- ½'; 'No. 31 19=7- ½'; 'No. 32 19=15'; 'No. 33 19=3- ½'; 'No. 35 20=5'; 'No. 36 19=16'; 'No. 37 19=18; 'No. 38 20=2- ½'; 'No. 39 20=3'; 'No. 40 19=15- ½'; 'No. 41 20=4'; 'No. 42 19=15'; 'No. 43 20=0'; 'No. 44 19=7'; 'No. 45 19=19- ½'; 'No. 46 19=11- ½' and 'No. 47 19=5', two later engraved 'No 48' and '54 16-13'
9 ¼ in. (23.3 cm.) diameter
445 oz. 2 dwt. (13,845 gr.)
The arms are those of Hamilton impaling Bentinck, for James Hamilton, 1st Baron Claneboye and 1st Viscount of Limerick (1684-1758), later created 1st Earl of Clanbrassill, and his wife Lady Harriet Bentinck (1705-1792), daughter of Hans William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, whom he married at The Hague in 1728.
TWENTY-TWO WITH MARK OF ELIZA GODFREY, LONDON, 1742, TWO UNMARKED, ONE POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED
Each octagonal and with gadrooned border, engraved with a coat-of-arms below a viscount's coronet, twenty-two marked underneath, each further engraved with a number and scratch weight 'No. 25 20=5'; 'No. 26 19=4'; 'No. 27 19=19'; 'No. 28 18=9'; 'No. 29 20=6'; 'No. 30 19=19- ½'; 'No. 31 19=7- ½'; 'No. 32 19=15'; 'No. 33 19=3- ½'; 'No. 35 20=5'; 'No. 36 19=16'; 'No. 37 19=18; 'No. 38 20=2- ½'; 'No. 39 20=3'; 'No. 40 19=15- ½'; 'No. 41 20=4'; 'No. 42 19=15'; 'No. 43 20=0'; 'No. 44 19=7'; 'No. 45 19=19- ½'; 'No. 46 19=11- ½' and 'No. 47 19=5', two later engraved 'No 48' and '54 16-13'
9 ¼ in. (23.3 cm.) diameter
445 oz. 2 dwt. (13,845 gr.)
The arms are those of Hamilton impaling Bentinck, for James Hamilton, 1st Baron Claneboye and 1st Viscount of Limerick (1684-1758), later created 1st Earl of Clanbrassill, and his wife Lady Harriet Bentinck (1705-1792), daughter of Hans William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, whom he married at The Hague in 1728.
Provenance
James Hamilton, 1st Baron Clanboye, 1st Viscount Limerick (1694-1758) later created Earl of Clanbrassil.
R. D. Vivian, Esq.; Sotheby's, London, 19 October 1961, lot 129 (part).
A New York Collector; Christies, New York, 15 October 1985, lot 322.
R. D. Vivian, Esq.; Sotheby's, London, 19 October 1961, lot 129 (part).
A New York Collector; Christies, New York, 15 October 1985, lot 322.
Brought to you by
Toby Weatherall