Details
Each shaped circular with gadrooned border, engraved on border with a later coat-of-arms, marked underneath, engraved with scratch weight 16:4 / 16:9 / 17:10 / 17:0 / 16:16 (2) / 17:1 (2) / 16:17 / 16:19 / 16:14 / 16:18
958 in. (24.3 cm.)
198 oz. 5 dwt. (6,167 gr.)
The arms are those of Fetherstonhaugh for Sir Harry Fetherstonhough (1754-1846) of Uppark Park, Sussex.
Provenance
Sir Harry Fetherstonhough (1754-1846) of Uppark Park, Sussex, then by descent to his widow,
Mary Ann, Lady Fetherstonhaugh, née Bullock (1804-1874), then to her sister,
Frances Bullock, later Fetherstonhuagh (1817-1895) of Uppark Park, Sussex, then bequeathed to,
Lieutenant Colonel The Hon. Keith Turnour, later Turnour-Fetherstonhaugh (1848-1930), of Uppark Park, Sussex, then under the terms of the will of Mary Ann Fetherstonhaugh to,
Admiral the Hon. Sir Herbert Meade, later Meade-Fetherstonhaugh, of Uppark Park, Sussex, third son of Richard, 4th Earl of Clanwilliam, then to his son,
Richard James Meade-Fetherstonhaugh (1915-1958).
The Executors of the late Richard Meade-Fetherstonhaugh; Christie's, London, April 26, 1972, lot 30.
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Lot Essay

Sir Harry Fetherstonhaugh inherited Uppark Park from his father Sir Matthew on the latter's death in 1774. Sir Matthew has bought the house from the Earl of Tankerville and remodeled it using the services of the architect James Paine. This set of dinner plates, and the service which it on doubt once form a part, was an early purchase following Sir Harry's accession to the family estates. He was a profligate spender, in later life no doubt encouraged by the tastes of his close friend Prince George, later the Prince Regent. For many years a bachelor Sir Harry married his 20-year-old dairy-maid Mary Ann Bullock when he was 71. She became his heir and in turn the house and estate was left to her sister, Frances, who took the Fetherstonhugh. She lived at Uppark with a companion until her death in 1895.

Under the terms of Mary Ann's will the house passed to Mary Ann's friend Lieutenant Colonel Keith Turnour, who took the additional name of Fetherstonhaugh. On his death it similarly passed to Admiral Sir Herbert Meade, third son of the Earl of Clanwilliam. He and his son Richard gave the house to the National Trust in 1954 whilst retaining a lease on the private rooms on the second floor. A fire during building works devastated the house in 1989, however the majority of the contents were saved and the National Trust undertook a meticulous and historical restoration of public rooms. The house reopened in 1995.

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