A SET OF TWENTY-FOUR GEORGE I SILVER DINNER PLATES FROM THE WINNINGTON SERVICE

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Los 13 | A SET OF TWENTY-FOUR GEORGE I SILVER DINNER PLATES FROM THE WINNINGTON SERVICE
A SET OF TWENTY-FOUR GEORGE I SILVER DINNER PLATES FROM THE WINNINGTON SERVICE

MARK OF ROBERT COOPER, LONDON, 1719

Each plain circular, with broad border engraved with a coat-of-arms within an acanthus scroll cartouche, marked underneath, with scratch weights 18:2 / 18:0 / 18:3 / 18:4 / 17:8 / 18:2 / 18:3 / 18:2 / 17:16 / 18:5 / 17:19 / 18:2 / 18:7 / 18:1 / 18:4 / 18:3 / 18:1 / 18:4 / 17:11 / 18:3 / 18:5 / 17:19 / 18:5 / 17:18, each with accession number 251 painted in red on the reverse

9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm.) diameter

425 oz. 19 dwt. (13,250 gr.)

The arms are those of Winnington quartering Salwey with Reade in pretence, for Thomas Winnington M.P. (1696-1746), of Stanford Court, co. Worcester and his wife, Love, daughter and heiress of Sir James Reade 2md Bt. (1655-1701), of Brocket Hall, co. Hertford, whom he married in 1719.





Provenance

Thomas Winnington M.P. (1696-1746), of Stanford Court, co. Worcester, by descent to,

Sir Francis Salway William Winnington 6th Bt. (1907-2003), of Stanford Court, co. Worcester,

Sir Francis Winnington Bart., of Stanford Court, Worcester; Christies, London, 22 June 1937, lot 105a, a set of forty-six (£891 to Crichton Brothers),

with Crichton Brothers, London, 1937.

Robert Sterling Clark (1877-1956), art collector and philanthropist, purchased from Crichton Brothers on 15 November 1937,

The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, sold to benefit acquisitions; Christie's, New York, 28 April 1992, lot 259.



Literature

The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Exhibition Catalogue, Williamstown, Massachusetts, Old Silver Dining Accessories, Part Two, 1966, catalogue no. 49, illustrated.

B. Carver Wees, English, Irish and Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, New York, 1997, pp. 138-139, n. 5, pp. 150-151.



Exhibited

Williamstown, Massachusetts, The Robert Sterling Clark Art Institute, Silver of the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries,13-27 May 1951, no. 46.

Williamstown, Massachusetts, The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Old Silver Dining Accessories, Part Two, 1966, no. 49.



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This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
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