Property from an Important Southern Collection
A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER MEAT DISHES, PAUL DE LAMERIE, LONDON, 1742
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Property from an Important Southern Collection
A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER MEAT DISHES, PAUL DE LAMERIE, LONDON, 1742
engraved with arms in rococo cartouche on one side and with arms below ducal coronet, supporters, and motto on other side, rims probably altered at a slightly later date
marked on bases, numbered and with scratch weights No. 8 / 23=18=0 and No. 9 / 24=8=0
46 oz 15 dwt
1455.5 g
length 13 in.
33 cm
Garrard & Co., Ltd., London, June 1987
The arms on one side are those of Major impaling Dale, for Sir John Major, Bart of Worlingworth Hall, Suffolk and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel Dale, of Bridlington, co. York, quartering Chandos. The arms on the other side are those of Brydges with Dale in pretense, for James, 3rd Duke of Chandos, Marquess of Carnavon, Earl of Carnavon, and Viscount Wilton, Baron Chandos of Sudeley, de jure Lord Kinloss, b. 1731. Among many positions, he was M.P., P.C., and Lord Steward of the Household 1733 until his death 1789.