A pair of George II silver meat dishes, Paul Crespin, London, 1749

applied gadroon borders, each engraved with a coat-of-arms, supports and motto below a baron's coronet, scratch weights '38=2 1/2' and '38=13', respectively numbered 'N^{o 1' and 'No 5'}

John, 2nd Baron Monson of Burton (1727-1774) and then by descent to John Rosebery, 10th Baron Monson of Burton (1907-1958), sold as part of lot 133 or lot 134, Sotheby's, London, 19 April 1954.

A good pair of dishes of nice weight, makrs good (one maker's mark double struck); overall condition good but with the usual knife-scratched surfaces and a few very minor dents. For further queries regarding this lot please contact the Silver department directly on +44(0)207.293.5100
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John, 2nd Baron Monson of Burton, co. Lincolnshire (1727-1774), who married on 23 June 1752, Theodosia, daughter of John Maddison of Stainton Vale and Stamford, of the same county.
For a single meat dish from the same service, also Paul Crespin, London, 1749, see Sotheby's, London, 17 November 2010, lot 24.