A pair of George III sterling silver second course dishes, London 1772 by John Parker and Edward Wakelin (active 1759-1777)

A pair of George III sterling silver second course dishes, London 1772 by John Parker and Edward Wakelin (active 1759-1777)

Of rectangular ‘cushion’ form with in-curved corners and gadrooned edge. The centre engraved with a coat of arms below a Viscounts coronet with supporters either side of unicorns gorged with an eastern coronet. Fully marked to reverse, and with No 1, 22:2 and No 2 21:15. (2)

Length – 25.7 cm / 10.1 inches

Weight – 1222 grams / 39.29 ozt

The arms are those of Arundell, Viscounts of Galway (fourth Creation 1727)

for Henry William Monckton-Arundell, 3rd Viscount Galway (1749–1774), created Viscount in 1772. The family seat was Serlby Hall, the first house on the site was built in 1740 by James Paine for John Monckton, 1st Viscount Galway, who had bought the 500 acre Serleby estate from the Saunderson family of Blyth. The 2nd Viscount William Monckton-Arundell inherited the estate in 1751, and replaced this house gradually, completed by the 3rd Viscount in 1773.

Viscouont and Viscountess Galway are recorded in the Wakelin ledgers: Schrager, L., The Royal and Aristocratic Patronage of Wakelin and Tayler, 1776-92, (2006) The journal of the silver society, no 21, p.96.

Provenance: Christie’s, South Kensington, 20 March 2011, Lot 11, (£2,250, incl. premium)

Other items of Galway silver, 1772 by Parker and Wakelin:

A pair of 13 inch meat dishes, Christie’s, South Kensington, 20 March 2011, Lot 7, (£2,125, incl. premium)

A pair of 17.5 inch meat dishes, unmarked, Christie’s, South Kensington, 20 March 2011, Lot 9, (£1,750, incl. premium)