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MARK OF ROBERT CALDERWOOD, DUBLIN CIRCA 1760
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A SET OF SEVEN GEORGE III SILVER DISHES
MARK OF ROBERT CALDERWOOD, DUBLIN CIRCA 1760
Comprising a pair of meat-dishes, a larger meat-dish and two pairs of second-course dishes in two sizes, all with gadrooned border and engraved with a coat-of-arms beneath a coronet, marked underneath and engraved with numbers and scratch weights; No 6 38:19,No 9 24:1, No 11 23:5, No 13 30:7, No 14 29:18, No 15 26:16 and No 16 26: 16
large meat-dish 15 ¼ in. (38.8 cm.) long; pair of meat-dishes 12 ¾ in.(32.2 cm.) long; pair of second-course dishes 11 in. (28 cm.) and 12 in. (30.4 cm.) diameter
187 oz. (5,817 gr.)
The arms are those of St. Ledger with Deane in pretence, for Hayes St. Ledger, 4th Viscount Doneraile (1702-1767), of Doneraile Court, co. Cork, M.P. for Doneraile, and his wife Elizabeth (d.1768), daughter and heiress of the Rt. Hon Joseph Deane (1575-1715), Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer of Ireland, whom he married in 1722.
MARK OF ROBERT CALDERWOOD, DUBLIN CIRCA 1760
Comprising a pair of meat-dishes, a larger meat-dish and two pairs of second-course dishes in two sizes, all with gadrooned border and engraved with a coat-of-arms beneath a coronet, marked underneath and engraved with numbers and scratch weights; No 6 38:19,No 9 24:1, No 11 23:5, No 13 30:7, No 14 29:18, No 15 26:16 and No 16 26: 16
large meat-dish 15 ¼ in. (38.8 cm.) long; pair of meat-dishes 12 ¾ in.(32.2 cm.) long; pair of second-course dishes 11 in. (28 cm.) and 12 in. (30.4 cm.) diameter
187 oz. (5,817 gr.)
The arms are those of St. Ledger with Deane in pretence, for Hayes St. Ledger, 4th Viscount Doneraile (1702-1767), of Doneraile Court, co. Cork, M.P. for Doneraile, and his wife Elizabeth (d.1768), daughter and heiress of the Rt. Hon Joseph Deane (1575-1715), Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer of Ireland, whom he married in 1722.
Provenance
The property of Mary, Viscountess Doneraile; Sotheby's, London, 13 November 1958, lot 136 (large meat-dish).
Property of the Estate of Henry Ford II; Sotheby's, Turville Grange, 5 December 1988, lot 261, 262 and 264.
Property of the Estate of Henry Ford II; Sotheby's, Turville Grange, 5 December 1988, lot 261, 262 and 264.
