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MARK OF ANDREW FOBELBERG AND STEPHEN GILBERT, LONDON, 1785
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A SET OF THREE GEORGE III SILVER ENTREE-DISHES
MARK OF ANDREW FOBELBERG AND STEPHEN GILBERT, LONDON, 1785
Cushion-shaped and with beaded border, later engraved with a coat-of-ams, each marked underneath, further engraved with number and scratch weight 'No 1 23"18'; 'No. 3 24"5' and 'No 4 24"15'
10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) wide
66 oz. 17 dwt. (2,080 gr.)
The arms are those of Hill quartering Harwood, both quartering Noel, Lovelace and Wentworth, with a crescent of difference for the second son, for the Hon. William Noel-Hill (1773-1842), later 3rd Baron Berwick of Attingham, politician and diplomat. He succeeded his brother as Baron Berwick on the latter’s death in 1832. He was M.P. for Shrewsbury from 1796 to 1812 and then for Marlborough from 1815 to 1818. He served as attaché to the British chargé d'affaires in Paris in 1801 for the Peace of Amiens and was held prisoner for a short while when hostilities recommenced. He was appointed ambassador to the Bavarian city of Regensberg in 1805 and then to the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1807. He was subsequently Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies at Naples in 1824.
MARK OF ANDREW FOBELBERG AND STEPHEN GILBERT, LONDON, 1785
Cushion-shaped and with beaded border, later engraved with a coat-of-ams, each marked underneath, further engraved with number and scratch weight 'No 1 23"18'; 'No. 3 24"5' and 'No 4 24"15'
10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) wide
66 oz. 17 dwt. (2,080 gr.)
The arms are those of Hill quartering Harwood, both quartering Noel, Lovelace and Wentworth, with a crescent of difference for the second son, for the Hon. William Noel-Hill (1773-1842), later 3rd Baron Berwick of Attingham, politician and diplomat. He succeeded his brother as Baron Berwick on the latter’s death in 1832. He was M.P. for Shrewsbury from 1796 to 1812 and then for Marlborough from 1815 to 1818. He served as attaché to the British chargé d'affaires in Paris in 1801 for the Peace of Amiens and was held prisoner for a short while when hostilities recommenced. He was appointed ambassador to the Bavarian city of Regensberg in 1805 and then to the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1807. He was subsequently Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies at Naples in 1824.
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