A SET OF TWELVE VICTORIAN SILVER DINNER-PLATES
A SET OF TWELVE VICTORIAN SILVER DINNER-PLATES

MARK OF JOHN MORTIMER AND JOHN SAMUEL HUNT, LONDON, 1842

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A SET OF TWELVE VICTORIAN SILVER DINNER-PLATES
MARK OF JOHN MORTIMER AND JOHN SAMUEL HUNT, LONDON, 1842
Each shaped circular and with gadrooned rim, engraved with two crests within Garter motto and below duke's coronet, marked underneath, each stamped '918', seven further stamped 'Mortimer & Hunt
9 ¾ in. (25 cm.) diam.
238 oz. (7,402 gr.)
The crests are those of Fane and Fitzroy for Henry Vane, 4th Earl of Darlington and 2nd Duke of Cleveland M.P., K.G. (1788-1864).
来源
Henry Vane, 2nd Duke of Cleveland and by descent.
The Lord Barnard T.D., removed from Raby Castle, Staindrop, Darlington, co. Durham; Christie's, London, 15 July 1975 (part of service), lots 110-112 (part).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 3 March 1993, lot 221 (part).

拍品专文

Henry Vane, 4th Earl of Darlington and 2nd Duke of Cleveland M.P., K.G. (1788-1864) succeeded his father, the 1st Duke in 1842. He married Lady Sophia (d.1859), eldest daughter of the 4th Earl of Powlett, in 1809. He was educated at Christ Church College, Oxford and was a Whig M.P. between 1812 and 1842. He also served in the army from 1815 and by 1863 rose to the rank of General. In 1842, the same year as the present lot, he was created a Knight of the Garter.

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