Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 2 - 14 Jul 2021
A suite of five George III silver meat platters
A suite of five George III silver meat platters,
by Robert Sharp, London 1791,
oval form, gadroon borders, engraved with an armorial shield, comprising a large one, and two graduated smaller pairs, length of largest 51cm, length of smallest 36.5cm, approx. weight 270oz. (5)
The arms are that of Armitage (baronet) impaling Harbord for Sir George Armitage, 4th Baronet of Kirklees (1761-1836) and his wife Mary, nee Harbord (1762-1790).