AN IMPORTANT GEORGE III OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE STAND

AN IMPORTANT GEORGE III OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE STAND

WITH UNRECORDED MATTHEW BOULTON AND FOTHERGILL MARK, C.1770

of rounded square-form, with gadrooned rim, and centred by an engraved family crest with the motto 'SPERO MELIORA' (hope for better things) atop the monogram 'JJH', on four ball feet (probably repositioned due to filled holes), the underside with unrecorded maker's mark 'B . F' between two sunbursts

20.7cm wide

Catalogue Note

Matthew Boulton and John Fothergill were in partnership between 1761 and 1781, being based in the Birmingham / Staffordshire region.