Set of 10 Georgian English sterling silver dinner plates, London, 1745
Total weight: 4990 g.
Each shaped circular with applied gadrooned borders and engraved coat of arms; this design were made extensively from 1740 onwards.
Sterling silver, fully hallmarked with the marks used in London in 1745-46 and with the silversmith mark of Elisabeth Godfrey, described in her trade card as "goldsmith, silversmith, jeweller to His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland".
Literature: Ref. A.G. Grimwade, p.52 No. 591 and p. 524.