A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE II SILVER DINNER PLATES, GEORGE WICKES, LONDON, 1741

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A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE II SILVER DINNER PLATES, GEORGE WICKES, LONDON, 1741

with shaped gadroon rims, the borders engraved with arms below earl's coronet, supporters, and motto

marked on bases, numbered and with scratch weights

230 oz

7153 g

diameter 9⅝ in.

24.5 cm

Garrard & Co., Ltd., London, May 1980

Elaine Barr, George Wickes, Royal Goldsmith: 1698-1761, p. 143, illus.

The arms are those of Richard Annesley, Earl of Anglesey, also Viscount Valentia, Baron Mount-Norris and Baron Altham of Ireland. Succeeded in 1737, married Mary, daughter of Thomas Ley of Bideford, North Devon. She is said to have brought him a considerable fortune. Because the marriage was not reckoned valid, it was upset and the Earl married in 1741, Juliana, daughter of Richard Donovan, merchant of Wexford in Ireland. He died at Camolin Park, Co. Wexford in 1761.