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Elisabeth Godfrey
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".
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.
Ref. A.G. Grimwade, p.52 No. 591 and p. 524.
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