Lot 243
  • 243

A George II Silver Meat Platter, Paul Crespin, London, 1744

Estimate
5,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on underside, engraved No. 2 and scratch weight 55=3=2
  • length 17 1/8 in.
  • 43.5cm
shaped oval, the gadroon rim with leaf-tips at intervals, border engraved on one side with arms flanked by leafy branches and a baron's coronet on the other

Provenance

The arms are those of Irby for Sir William Irby, 1st Baron Boston (1707-1775).

Condition

barons coronet slightly later (circa 1761), center with some scratches from use, good condition
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Catalogue Note

William Irby (1707-1775) was raised to the peerage as Baron Boston on 10 April 1761, and filled several high offices about the court during the reigns of George I and George II.