A set of thirty-eight Victorian silver-gilt dessert plates, Catchpole & Williams, London, 1899

rocaille and leafy scrolled cast rims, each embellished with an Earl's coronet

Clear marks. The reverse sides with more wear to gilding. Coat of arms probably erased. Probably later gilded. Otherwise good gauge and condition.
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The coronet is probably for Westminster, and for Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster, (1767-1845), although the arms have been erased.