A GEORGE III NEOCLASSICAL OVAL SILVER TRAY, London 1793, mark of John Crouch I & Thomas Hannam (over-struck), reeded rims, with twin side handles, the central reserve chased with continuous bands...

A GEORGE III NEOCLASSICAL OVAL SILVER TRAY, London 1793, mark of John Crouch I & Thomas Hannam (over-struck), reeded rims, with twin side handles, the central reserve chased with continuous bands of circular rosette-filled reserves, foliate garlands and central Coat of Arms with the motto ''NOBILITATIS VIRTUS NON STEMMA'' (Virtue, not pedigree)(c.90ozs). 64cm wide The Arms are those of Grosvenor impaling Leveson-Gower. Hugh Lupus Grosvenor (1825-1899), baronet of Eaton Hall in Cheshire, Earl Grosvenor, English landowner, politician and racehorse owner. He married Lady Constance Sutherland-Leveson-Gowe, daughter of the Duke of Sutherland and became first Duke of Westminster in 1874

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