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Lot 30

A Pair of George III silver meat dishes
by Paul Storr, London 1819, with Old Sheffield Plate covers

5 April 2017, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £12,500 inc. premium

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A Pair of George III silver meat dishes

by Paul Storr, London 1819, with Old Sheffield Plate covers
Oval, with shell and acanthus leaf borders, the domed covers with acanthus leaf and shell handles, gadrooned tops and a band of acanthus leaf ornament, engraved with arms to the dishes and covers, length 42.5cm, weight without covers 114oz.

Footnotes

The arms of Thomas John Wynn, born 1802, who succeeded as 2nd Baron Newborough in the peerage of Ireland, and a Baronet in 1807. The shield is charged on the breast of an Imperial Eagle for a Noble of the Holy Roman Empire, and the quarterings for Glynne and Lloyd include the Troedd-ddu [blackfoot] inescutcheon for his Cilmin ancestry.

As a baron in the peerage of Ireland Lord Newborough represented Carnarvus in the Westminster House of Commons for four years. He died unmarried at the age of 30 and was succeeded by his brother.

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