A SET OF TWENTY-FOUR GEORGE I SILVER-GILT DINNER PLATES

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22.09.2022 11:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 126 | A SET OF TWENTY-FOUR GEORGE I SILVER-GILT DINNER PLATES
Plain circular, the borders engraved with a crest below a baron's coronet within a foliate cartouche, marked on reverse and further engraved with number and with scratch weights No1 17=5; no2 17=16; no3 16=15; no4 17=10; no5 17=14; no6 17=13; no7 16=16; no8 17=11; no9 16=19; no10 17=8; no11 17=3; no12 17=11; no13 17=12; no14 17=15; no15 17=12; no16 17=8; no17 16=5; no18 18=0; no19 17=7; no20 17=13; no21 17=13; no22 16=17; no23 18=7; no24 17=9
93/8 in. (23.8 cm.) diameter
407 oz. 8 dwt. (12,672 gr.)
The crest is that of Paget, for Thomas Catesby Paget, styled as Lord Paget, following his father's elevation as Earl of Uxbridge in 1714. Thomas married in 1718 Lady Elizabeth Egerton youngest daughter of Scroop Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgwater, son-in-law of the celebrated Duke of Marlborough.
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