HOTUNG | 何東 The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung | Part II: Day
HOTUNG | 何東 The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung | Part II: Day
Twenty-four George III circular silver dinner plates, Wakelin & Taylor, London, 1781
Auction Closed
December 8, 05:58 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Twenty-four George III circular silver dinner plates, Wakelin & Taylor, London, 1781
beaded borders, engraved with two crests, the undersides numbered and engraved with scratch-weights and initials E.C.G and inventory number 8/72,
24cm., 9 ¼in. diameter
10,749gr., 345oz.
The crests are those of Guinness and Grattan for the Rev. William Smythe Grattan-Guinness (12 June 1795 – 21 May 1864), Rector of Rathdrum, County Wicklow, Ireland. He was was born in Dublin, the son of Arthur Guinness and his wife Anne (née Lee). His name was changed by royal licence on 28 February 1856 to William Smythe Grattan-Guinness; and again by royal licence on 10 March 1857 to William Smythe Lee-Grattan-Guinness.
Died
‘Guinness – May 21 [1864], at his residence, Beaumont, county of Dublin, the Rev. W.S. Grattan Guinness, aged 69.’ (The Warder, Dublin, Saturday, 28 May 1864, p. 10f)