ROYAL: A Set of Twelve George III Sterling Silver Dinner Plates
£11,500.00
YEAR OF MANUFACTURE: 1820
ORIGIN: London, England
MAKER: John Mewburn
WEIGHT: 207.00 troy ounces (227.11 ounces or 6,438.42 grams)
STOCK CODE: mdwoa
Item Description
a fine set of twelve silver dinner plates, each shaped circular with gadroon border and engraved with the royal coronet for a prince or princess of the royal blood (child of the monarch).
Diameter of Plates - 245mm / 9 3/4 inches
History
Given the date of manufacture and absence of other titles, the most likely owner of this set of royal dinner plates is Princess Elizabeth (1770–1840), the seventh child and third daughter of King George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz who married Frederick VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg in 1818.
OFFERED BY:
Heraldic Silver Ltd
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£11,500.00