A SET OF TEN GEORGE III SILVER DINNER-PLATES FROM THE DUKE OF NORFOLK SERVICE
MARK OF PAUL STORR LONDON, 1816, PROBABLY RETAILED BY RUNDELL, BRIDGE AND RUNDELL
A SET OF TEN GEORGE III SILVER DINNER-PLATES FROM THE DUKE OF NORFOLK SERVICE MARK OF PAUL STORR LONDON, 1816, PROBABLY RETAILED BY RUNDELL, BRIDGE AND RUNDELL Each shaped circular with a shell and foliage heightened gadrooned rim, the border cast and chased with foliage scrolls and diaperwork engraved with a coat-of-arms below a duke's coronet, each marked underneath 10½ in. (26.5 cm.) diam. 257 oz. (8,002 gr.) The arms are those of Howard quartered with Brotherton, Warren and Fitzalan, as borne by Bernard Edward, 12th Duke of Norfolk (1765-1842), who succeeded his cousin in 1815. He became a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1812 and a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1816. By Act of Parliament, June 24, 1824, he and his successors were empowered to exercise the office of Earl Marshall, notwithstanding their adhesion to the Roman Catholic faith. In 1829, he was admitted to his seat in the House of Lords, under the Roman Catholic Relief Bill. The 12th Duke married in 1789 Elizabeth, 3rd daughter of Henry (Belasyse), Earl Fauconberg. The 12th Duke died aged 76 at Norfolk House and was buried at Arundel Castle. (10)
A SET OF TEN GEORGE III SILVER DINNER-PLATES FROM THE DUKE OF NORFOLK SERVICE
MARK OF PAUL STORR LONDON, 1816, PROBABLY RETAILED BY RUNDELL, BRIDGE AND RUNDELL
A SET OF TEN GEORGE III SILVER DINNER-PLATES FROM THE DUKE OF NORFOLK SERVICE MARK OF PAUL STORR LONDON, 1816, PROBABLY RETAILED BY RUNDELL, BRIDGE AND RUNDELL Each shaped circular with a shell and foliage heightened gadrooned rim, the border cast and chased with foliage scrolls and diaperwork engraved with a coat-of-arms below a duke's coronet, each marked underneath 10½ in. (26.5 cm.) diam. 257 oz. (8,002 gr.) The arms are those of Howard quartered with Brotherton, Warren and Fitzalan, as borne by Bernard Edward, 12th Duke of Norfolk (1765-1842), who succeeded his cousin in 1815. He became a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1812 and a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1816. By Act of Parliament, June 24, 1824, he and his successors were empowered to exercise the office of Earl Marshall, notwithstanding their adhesion to the Roman Catholic faith. In 1829, he was admitted to his seat in the House of Lords, under the Roman Catholic Relief Bill. The 12th Duke married in 1789 Elizabeth, 3rd daughter of Henry (Belasyse), Earl Fauconberg. The 12th Duke died aged 76 at Norfolk House and was buried at Arundel Castle. (10)
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