Lot 148
  • 148

A Set of Twelve Regency Silver Soup Plates, Joseph Craddock & William Reid, London, 1812

Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on undersides

  • Silver
  • diameter 10 3/4 in.
  • 27.3cm
circular, the gadroon rim with lobes and shells flanked by foliage at intervals, the borders engraved twice with contemporary arms within foliate mantles, undersides engraved "H.B. NOV. 28. 1899."

Provenance

The arms are those of Coote, for Sir Charles Coote, who suceeded his kinsman, the last Earl of Mountrath as 9th Baronet in 1802.  In 1814 he married Caroline daughter of John Whaley of Whaley Abbey, co. Wicklow, and granddaughter of John, Earl of Clanwilliam.  Sir Charles died in 1864.

Condition

one with ding to center of bowl but not through, scratches from use to interiors and some salt stains, overall good condition, good weight
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