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    IMPORTANT GOLD AND SILVER

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    15 June 2004

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    • A set of twelve Edward VII sil
    Lot 1

    A set of twelve Edward VII silver dinner-plates

    MARK OF SKINNER & CO, LONDON, 1908

    Price realised

    GBP 4,780

    Estimate

    GBP 3,000 - GBP 5,000

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    A set of twelve Edward VII silver dinner-plates
    Mark of Skinner & Co, London, 1908
    Each shaped circular, with gadrooned border, engraved with a crest, marked on reverse, also stamped 'Skinner & Co Orchard St London. W.'
    9¾in. (25cm.) diam.
    239oz. (7,437gr.)
    The crest is that of Palmer, for William, 2nd Earl of Selborne K.G. (1859-1942). He succeeded to the earldom on his father's death in 1895. He was created a Knight of the Garter in 1909 and died in 1942. (12)

    Provenance

    William, 2nd Earl of Selborne K.G. (1859-1942) and then by descent to
    John, 4th Earl of Selborne
    The Earl of Selborne; Sotheby's London, 21 June 1973, lot 131 (£520 to Mrs. Dean)

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    THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

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