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MARK OF WILLIAM EATON, LONDON, 1817
Details
A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE III SILVER DINNER-PLATES
MARK OF WILLIAM EATON, LONDON, 1817
Each shaped circular with gadrooned border, engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked underneath
9 ¾ in. (25 cm.) diameter
228 oz. 13 dwt. (7,113 gr.)
The arms are those of Peel, for Sir Robert Peel, 1st Bt (1750-1830). He was both a politician and an industrialist with a fortune founded on textiles. He was created baronet in 1800. His son, the 2nd Baronet, was twice Prime Minister and Home Secretary and was one of the founders of modern policing.
MARK OF WILLIAM EATON, LONDON, 1817
Each shaped circular with gadrooned border, engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked underneath
9 ¾ in. (25 cm.) diameter
228 oz. 13 dwt. (7,113 gr.)
The arms are those of Peel, for Sir Robert Peel, 1st Bt (1750-1830). He was both a politician and an industrialist with a fortune founded on textiles. He was created baronet in 1800. His son, the 2nd Baronet, was twice Prime Minister and Home Secretary and was one of the founders of modern policing.
Provenance
Property from the Estate of Henry Ford II; sold Sotheby's, Turville Grange, 5 December 1988, lot 252 (six plates).
