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    Large and heavy Victorian silver Serving Platter Robert Garrard Duke of Wellington

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    This large and heavy William IV silver serving platter was made in London in 1835 by Royal silversmith Robert Garrard and measures 17 inches in length by 13.5 inches wide, it has a reeded and shaped border with scrolled acanthus leaf detailing and 2 pairs of matching cartouches with acanthus leaf, scroll and shell detailing and is crested to the top with a lion rampant above a coronet holding a banner. It is fully and clearly hallmarked to the back along with the retailers stamp, a lovely quality piece of silver by an excellent maker and weighing a hefty 60 ounces.

    The Crest of the Family of Wellesley

    The crest as engraved upon this William IV English Sterling Silver Serving Platter by Robert Garrard hallmarked London 1835 is that of the family of Wellesley. It may be blazoned as follows:

    Crest:    Out of a ducal coronet or a demi lion rampant gules holding a forked pennon of the last flowing to the sinister one third per pale from the staff argent charged with the cross of St George    

        

    It would appear that this serving platter was undoubtedly part of a much larger suite of silver and that it belonged upon the balance of probability and without any evidence to the contrary to the victor of Waterloo, Arthur Wellesley, the 1st Duke of Wellington (created on the 11th May 1814) or a very close member of his family. The duke was born on the 29th April 1769 at his family's Dublin residence, Mornington House. Although he served as an officer in the British Army from a young age, he also served as MP for Trim in the Irish House of Commons, following which he joined the Duke of York's campaign to defeat Napoleon from 1794 to the French Emperor's military downfall on the 18th June 1815 at the Battle of Waterloo. Some two years previously he was promoted to the rank of Field Marshal on the 3rd July 1813. After a successful military career, he entered politics once again becoming the First Lord of the Treasury (Prime Minister) on the 22nd January 1828. He resigned this office in 16th November 1830. He later returned to power on the 14th November 1834, and again resigned on the 10th December 1834. He died on the 14th September 1852 and was buried with much pomp and ceremony in St Paul's Cathedral.

    Large and heavy Victorian silver Serving Platter Robert Garrard Duke of Wellington

    Large and heavy Victorian silver Serving Platter Robert Garrard Duke of Wellington

    Large and heavy Victorian silver Serving Platter Robert Garrard Duke of Wellington

    Large and heavy Victorian silver Serving Platter Robert Garrard Duke of Wellington

    Large and heavy Victorian silver Serving Platter Robert Garrard Duke of Wellington

    Large and heavy Victorian silver Serving Platter Robert Garrard Duke of Wellington




    Price: £1,850



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