A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER ENTREE-DISHES AND COVERS
A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER ENTREE-DISHES AND COVERS

THE DISHES WITH MARK OF ANDREW FOGELBERG, LONDON, 1771, THE COVERS WITH MARK OF THOMAS HEMING, LONDON, 1774

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER ENTREE-DISHES AND COVERS
THE DISHES WITH MARK OF ANDREW FOGELBERG, LONDON, 1771, THE COVERS WITH MARK OF THOMAS HEMING, LONDON, 1774
Cushion-shaped, with gadrooned borders, the covers with foliate scroll handle, later engraved with a coat-of-arms, the dishes later with a crest, marked under dishes and inside covers, the dishes with the scratch weight '20"15'
the dishes 10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) wide
103 oz. 4 dwt. (3,211 gr.)
The arms are those of Bouverie impaling Sneyd, for William Arundell Bouverie (1797-1877), rector of Denton and his wife Frances (1798-1884), daughter of Walter Sneyd of Keele, whom he married in 1831. William was the grandson of William Bouverie, 1st Earl of Radnor (1725-1776). His wife Frances was maid of honour to Queen Adelaide.

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