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A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE III SILVER-GILT DINNER-PLATES

Lot 115
09.02.2023 10:30UTC +00:00
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£ 10 080
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 115 | A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE III SILVER-GILT DINNER-PLATES
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 7 000
A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE III SILVER-GILT DINNER-PLATES

MARK OF HENRY NUTTING, LONDON, 1807

Circular, with reeded borders, each engraved with coat-of-arms, marked underneath borders

9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm.) diameter

218 oz. 14 dwt. (6,802 gr.)

The arms are those of Chichester of Arlington Court quartering Palmer impaling Hamilton for John Palmer Chichester (1769-1823), Col. of the Royal Cardigan Rifle Corp., who married Agnes, daughter of James Hamilton of Bangour in 1793. Between 1820 and 1823 Col. Chichester had Arlington Court, Devon, rebuilt by the Barnstaple architect Thomas Lee, a pupil of Sir John Soane.





Provenance

Christie's, London, 2 December 1981, lot 105.

Diane Star Heller, Miami Beach; Sotheby's, New York, 23 October 2006, lot 187.
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Gilding, Silver
Historical era:Georgian period
Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Category:Services
Auction house category:All other types of objects, Plates & Dishes
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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