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Beaded pattern, the 18th century pieces all engraved with a crest within a motto beneath a baron's coronet, comprising:
Twenty-four dinner plates, shaped circular, mark of Daniel Smith and Robert Sharp, 1781, marked underneath and engraved underneath with No 28 11:8 / No 29 12:16 / No 31 12:10 / No 33 12:7 / No 34 12: / No 35 11:912 / No 36 12:6 / No 37 11:9 / No 38 11:13 / No 39 11:9 / No 40 12:2 / No 41 12:11 / No 42 12:9 / No 43 10:17 / No 44 12: / No 45 11:12 / No 46 12:8 / No 47 12:16 / No 48 11:15 / No 49 12:16 / No 50 12:5 / No 51 12:9 / No 52 12:3 / No 53 12:9
Four hexagonal shaped entree-dishes, marked underneath: two with mark of Daniel Smith and Robert Sharp, London, 1782, engraved underneath No 19 17:14 and No 20 17:12, and two with mark of Robert Sharp, London, 1796;
Together with twenty-four matching side plates, marked underneath: Tessiers ltd, London, 1968 and stamped Tessiers / London
The plates: 918 in. (23 cm.) and 6 in. (15.2 cm.); the dishes 912 in. (24 cm.)
478 oz. 17 dwt. (14,895 gr.)
The crest is that of Herbert, for Henry Herbert, 1st Baron Porchester of Highclere, co. Southampton, later 1st Earl Carnarvon (1741-1811). He was created a baron in 1780 and elevated to an earldom in 1793.
Provenance
Henry Herbert, 1st Baron Porchester of Highclere, co. Southampton, later 1st Earl Carnarvon (1741-1811).
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