Lot 346 , Duke of Brunswick Service: A set of six early Victorian silver dinner plates by John Mortimer & John Samuel Hunt

Duke of Brunswick Service: A set of six early Victorian silver dinner plates by John Mortimer & John Samuel Hunt, with shell and scroll borders and cast with the Arms of Brunswick below a Ducal crown, three engraved 'Mortimer & Hunt, London' and four numbered 311, 1840, 26.8cm, 122.3oz.

William, 8th Duke of Brunswick (1806-1844) was the second son of the Black Duke of Brunswick, and at his death, a ward of the Prince Regent of England. His elder brother succeeded as Duke, but was deposed by the Revolution of 1830; William stepped in as Regent, then from 1831 as Duke of Brunswick. He ruled the Duchy until his death in 1884, when the senior branch of the House of Guelph became extinct.
£4,000-6,000

Condition:
Minor surface scratches in places, in general, some more prominent and one has a slight 'bulge' to the centre. Five of the plates have a thinner gauge of silver in the middle, so a probable removal has occured. Hallmarks clear.

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