MARK OF JOHN PARKER i AND EDWARD WAKELIN, LONDON, 1768

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A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER ENTREE DISHES

MARK OF JOHN PARKER i AND EDWARD WAKELIN, LONDON, 1768

Price Realised USD 4,788

Shaped rectangular with gadrooned rims, the centers engraved with a coat-of-arms within a foliate mantle, marked on undersides, further engraved with inventory numbers and scratch weights
10¹⁄₈ in. (25.7 cm.) long
80 oz. 18 dwt. (2,516 gr.)

For Sir Peniston Lamb (1745-1828), 2nd baronet, 1st Viscount Melbourne of Melbourne Hall, Derbyshire, and his wife Elizabeth Milbanke (1715-1818).
The Highly Important Americana Collection of George S. Parker II from the Caxambas; Sotheby’s, New York, 19 January 2017, lot 2140.

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The arms are those of Lamb impaling Milbanke, for Sir Peniston Lamb (1745-1828), 2nd baronet, 1st Viscount Melbourne of Melbourne Hall, Derbyshire, only son and heir of Sir Matthew Lamb 1st baronet, and his wife Elizabeth Milbanke (1715- 1818), daughter of Sir Ralph Milbanke, 5th baronet, who were married in 1769.