AN IMPORTANT SET OF TWELVE IRISH GEORGE II SILVER DINNER PLA...

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€14,000

AN IMPORTANT SET OF TWELVE IRISH GEORGE II SILVER DINNER PLATES FROM DROGHEDA HOUSE SACKVILLE STREET, Dublin c.1737, maker's mark of Robert Calderwood, each of shaped circular form, the raised lobed sides enclosing a plain circular reserve, having gadrooned rims and bearing the armorial of the Earls of Drogheda (c. 206 troy ozs in all). Each 24cm diameter Drogheda House was built by Henry Moore, 3rd Viscount Moore and 1st Earl of Drogheda on Sackville Street, which was renamed O’Connell Street in 1924 as a tribute to Daniel O’Connell. Moore came into possession of lands around what is now known as the Spire in 1661 following the restoration of the monarchy and built Drogheda House after finalising the layout of the streets around the area in 1728. Robert Calderwood was one of the celebrated silversmiths of his day working from 1727 to 1766, becoming a freeman of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths in 1727. He was elected warden in 1733-36 and master in 1737, and also served on the Common Council of the city of Dublin from 1742.