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Style Paris : Orfèvrerie

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 86. A set of twelve silver plates engraved with coats-of-arms and crest, Robert Sharp, London, 1789 | Ensemble de douze assiettes en argent gravées d'armoiries et de cimier par Robert Sharp, Londres, 1789.

A set of twelve silver plates engraved with coats-of-arms and crest, Robert Sharp, London, 1789 | Ensemble de douze assiettes en argent gravées d'armoiries et de cimier par Robert Sharp, Londres, 1789

Lot Closed

November 16, 03:25 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

A set of twelve silver plates engraved with coats-of-arms and crest, Robert Sharp, London, 1789


with gadrooned border, the rim engraved with coats-of-arms within a foliage circular frame and crest, engraved on the back with inventory numbers and weights 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19


Diam. 9 4/5in., 14.79 lb ; Diam. 25 cm, 6,710 g.

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Ensemble de douze assiettes en argent gravées d'armoiries et de cimier par Robert Sharp, Londres, 1789


le bord godronné, le marli gravé d'armoiries dans un cercle feuillagé et d'un cimier, gravé au dos de numéros d'inventaire et de poids : 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19  


Diam. 9 4/5in., 14.79 lb ; Diam. 25 cm, 6,710 g.

The arms are those of Smith impaling Boldero-Barnard for Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington (1752-1838), whose first wife, whom he married at Tottenham, London on 6 July 1780, was Anne (1757?-1827), Lewyns Boldero-Barnard of South Cave, Yorkshire, and his wife, Anne (née Popplewell). They had a son and five daughters. Smith, who was M.P. for Nottingham between 1779 and 1797, was elevated to the peerage as Baron Carrington Baron Carrington of Bulcot Lodge, Ireland on 16 July 1796, and Baron Carrington of Upton, Nottinghamshire on 20 October 1797. Lord Carrington was a prominent member of the Smith family of Smith's Bank, Nottingham. In addition to various official posts, he became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1800 and was president of the London Institution between 1812 and 1817.