the circular dishes with sloped gadrooned rims with flowerheads flanked by strapwork and leaf-tips at intervals, the ends with shell handles, high domed cover with gadrooned band and fully modeled heraldic finial, engraved on both sides with a coat-of-arms and supporters, dishes crested on both sides, the warming stands on four paw feet headed by acanthus, the reeded handles centered by shells flanked by acanthus, marked on covers, dishes and finials, covers numbered 2, 4, stands numbered 3, 4, dishes engraved on undersides RUNDELL BRIDGE ET CO AURIFICES REGIS LONDINI, stands struck twice with sunburst mark
13⁵⁄₈ in. (34.5 cm.) long over handles, the stands
102 oz. 16 dwt. (3,197 gr.) weighable silver

George Augustus Frederick (1794-1842), Duke of Clarence and Earl of Munster.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 16 October 1996, lot 190.

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The arms are those of Fitz-Clarence for George Augustus Frederick (1794-1842), eldest natural son of William IV (1765-1837), Duke of Clarence and Earl of Munster, and his mistress Dorthea Jordan (1761-1816), daughter of Francis Bland (1736-1778), generally known as Mrs. Jordan.