SERIE DE DOUZE ASSIETTES in silver. DUBLIN (Ireland), Robert - Lot 280

SERIE DE DOUZE ASSIETTES in silver. DUBLIN (Ireland), Robert CALDERWOOD (two hallmarks), 1729 (letter-date K). Model with fillet contours bordered by a twisted gadroon molding. Two coats of arms are engraved on the rim. On one side, the coat of arms of a covenant in a cartouche set with rocaille and foliage: "Dexter, Argent an eagle displayed Sable, on a chief Vert two mullets Or and sinister, Or, on a chief Sable three lions' heads erased from the field". Opposite, in an oval medallion stamped with a count's crown: a rooster Gules on a trumpet Or (crest of the Acheson arms) with the same motto: "Vigilantibus". The plates are numbered below the base (between 7 and 46). A few scratches. Diam. 23.5 cm; Weight 5709 g. The coat of arms is that of Archibald ACHESON, 1st Viscount GOSFORD (1718-1790) known as Sir Archibald Acheson, 6th Baronet from 1748 to 1776, Irish peer and politician, married in 1740 to Mary RICHARDSON (1720-1792).