A pair of George II silver second course dishes, John Hugh Le Sage, London, 1750

engraved with a coat-of-arms, motto and supporters

S. J. Phillips, June 1992

Good overall weight and colour, maker's mark not perfectly struck on one but otherwise good marks, engraving and overall condition good
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The arms are those of Sackville with a mark of cadence for George Sackville, third son of Lionel, 7^th Earl of Dorset. He, who was born in 1716, ‘assumed, by act of parliament, 16 Feb. 1770, the surname of ‘’GERMAIN,’’ pursuant to the wills of Sir John and Lady Elizabeth Germain, of Drayton, co. Northampton. This nobleman was subsequently distinguished as a soldier and statesman, under the designation of ‘’Lord George Germain.’’ In the former character less fortunate, however, than in the latter; having incurred the displeasure of the commander-in-chief, Ferdinand, Prince of Brunswick, at the battle of Minden; and being censured by a court-martial, held at his own request, upon returning to England. His lordship was endowed with extraordinary talents, and filled, subsequently to this unpleasant affair, some of the highest offices in administration. He was elevated to the peerage, 11 Feb. 1782, as Baron Bolebrook and Viscount Sackville’  (Burke’s Peerage). He died in 1785.