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LOT 2224
Georgian Pewter Plate with Monogram and Maker's Marks
LONDON, 18TH CENTURY A.D.
9 7/8 in. (568 grams, 25 cm wide).
A shallow plate with wide everted rim and engraved stylised monogram; three maker's marks to the underside: 'Thomas' with dove holding an olive branch between two towers, crowned X with Tudor rose, T Caster R London with standing figure in a structure. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private family collection of Ersula Barter-Hemmerich, the longest serving member of staff working at the United Nations, her private collection formed in the 1950s and 1960s; thence by descent to her grandson.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Private collection of a North London lady before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12771-237884. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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