17th Jul, 2015 10:00 GMT/BST
Summer Fine Art Sale
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A Set of Four George III Silver Entree Dishes and Covers, John Parker I & Edward Wakelin,...
The arms are those of Henry Fiennes-Clinton, afterwards Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (1720-1794); succeeded his maternal (and his wife's paternal) uncle as 2nd Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne 1768. He married in 1744 Catherine (1727-1760), daughter and co-heir of Rt Hon Henry Pelham.
These entrée dishes and covers were part of a large order of plate supplied to the Duke of Newcastle by Parker & Wakelin, the details of which are in the Parker & Wakelin Gentlemen's Leger (1770-1776) for January and February 1773.
Sold for £3,000
Estimated at £3,000 - £5,000
Arms inside dishes very weak, arms on outside of dishes quite weak. Marks to bases clear, marks to side of cover not clear but legible. Some inner rims of cover which project out appear to have had some repairs. The handles later: R.&S. Garrard, London, circa 1850
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