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Detail: Coat of arms

Plate

Marked by: Peter Archambo II
Marked by: Peter Meure (free 1739)
English (London)
1755–56
Object Place: Europe, London, England

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions H. 2 cm (13/16 in.); Diam: 24.2 cm (9 1/2 in.); Weight: 501.8 gm (16 oz 3 dwt)
Credit Line Anonymous gift in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour (1833-1914)
Accession Number33.160
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver

DescriptionOne of a pair (with 33.159). Each shaped circular plate has a broad rim with cast gadrooned borders.
Marks On underside of each rim, date letter u; leopard's head crowned; lion passant; maker's mark PA with a P above and an M below (Grimwade 2129)
InscriptionsARMORIALS: engraved on rim, the arms and crests of Curzon with Hanmer in pretence, for Asheton Curzon, (1729-1820) who married Ester Hanmer, (d. 1764), daughter of William Hammer, Esq., of Hammer Bettisfield and of Iscoyd, co. Flint.
INSCRIPTIONS:engraved on underside, No 23/17-17
ProvenanceAnonymous Gift to the MFA in Memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour (1833-1914). (Accession Date: March 2, 1933)