A pair of George III silver two-handled entrée dishes and covers with liners

A pair of George III silver two-handled entrée dishes and covers with liners,

by Thomas Ellerton and Richard Sibley I, London 1803,

circular form, gadroon borders and side handles, domed covers with reeded loop handles, the covers and bases engraved with an armorial, the plain liners engraved with a monogram, diameter handle to handle 35.2cm, approx. weight 143oz. (2)

The arms are those of Hodson, (baronet) quartering Adair impaling Neville for Sir George Hodson (1806-88), 3rd Baronet of Hollywood House, co, Wicklow who married (1852) Meriel, daughter of Rev. Richard Neville, Rector of Clonpriest.

The pair to this pair were sold in these rooms on 20 April, 2011, lot 1305.