A set of four George II silver entree dishes and covers,, John Parker & Edward Wakelin, London, 1772-5

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 GBP

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Description

27cm, 10 1/2 in wide

the bases and covers engraved with contemporary coat-of-arms, the matching later handles, R.&S. Garrard, London, circa 1850, the bases and cover engraved with numbers and scratch weights

The arms are those of Henry Pelham-Clinton, 2^{nd Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme.}

Literature

Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Archive of Art and Design, G.30.UU.18, VAM9, fol. 81

Catalogue Note

The bases N^o1 / 25 = 14, N^o 2 / 25 = 10, N^o3 / 22 = 0, N^o4 / 21 = 13 the covers; N^o 1 / 25 = 5, N^o 2 / 23 = 3, N^o3 / 23 = 11, N^o4 / 22 = 17, and numbered 5,6,7,8

The arms are those of Henry Pelham-Clinton, 2^nd Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme, second son of Henry, 7^th Earl of Lincoln, by Lucy, sister of Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1^st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme. He, who was born in 1720, succeeded to the peerage as 9^th Earl of Lincoln upon the death of his elder brother on 30 April 1730. Lord Lincoln married on 16 October 1744 Catherine, first surviving daughter and coheir of the Rt. Hon. Henry Pelham. He subsequently succeeded as 2^nd Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme his maternal (and his wife's paternal) uncle, the above mentioned Thomas Pelham-Holles, upon the latter's death on 17 November 1768.

The Earl of Lincoln, who as a youth seems to have been something of a rake, was described about 1758 by Horace Walpole as the 'adopted heir to the Duke of Newcastle and the mimic of his fulsome fondness and follies, but with more honour and more pride. As the Duke, his Uncle, was a political weathercock, he was a political weatherglass, his quicksilver being always up at insolence or down in despair.' (Memoirs of the Reign of George II, vol. I, p. 85). As 2^nd Duke of Newcastle he was Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire from 1768 until his death in 1794, when he was succeeded by his third but first surviving son and heir, Thomas (1752-1795).

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. Twenty-six dinner plates from this order were sold at Christie's, New York, on 18 April 1989, lot 383 (eighteen), and 21 October 1993, lot 493 (eight). A further four oval dishes, described as pie dishes, were sold at Christie's, London, on 12 June 2007, lot 59.