Pewter plate engraved with the coat-of-arms of David Garrick

An image of Plate. Thomas Chamberlain of King Street, Soho. Pewter, cast and hammered, with engraved arms, height, whole, 2 cm, diameter, whole, 25 cm, circa 1750-1775. Circular with five indentations and five outward curves, curved sides and flat base. The underside of the rim has an applied raised edge. The rim is engraved with tan almost circular shield bearing he unregistered coat-of-arms of David Garrick (1717-79), surrounded and foliage. This plate was part of a service made for the celebrated actor and manager of the Drury Lane Theatre, David Garrick (1717-79). If the arms had tinctures (colours) they would be described: 'Per pale or and azure on the dexter compartment a tower gules and on the sinister on a mount vert a sea horse azure mane, fins and tail of the first, on a chief gold, three mullets of the second. (See Documentation, Burke) Thirty-one pieces from the service bearing either Garrick's arms or crest are at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust at Stratford-on-Avon. A.F. de Navarro Bequest.

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Plate. Thomas Chamberlain of King Street, Soho. Pewter, cast and hammered, with engraved arms, height, whole, 2 cm, diameter, whole, 25 cm, circa 1750-1775. Circular with five indentations and five outward curves, curved sides and flat base. The underside of the rim has an applied raised edge. The rim is engraved with tan almost circular shield bearing he unregistered coat-of-arms of David Garrick (1717-79), surrounded and foliage. This plate was part of a service made for the celebrated actor and manager of the Drury Lane Theatre, David Garrick (1717-79). If the arms had tinctures (colours) they would be described: 'Per pale or and azure on the dexter compartment a tower gules and on the sinister on a mount vert a sea horse azure mane, fins and tail of the first, on a chief gold, three mullets of the second. (See Documentation, Burke) Thirty-one pieces from the service bearing either Garrick's arms or crest are at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust at Stratford-on-Avon. A.F. de Navarro Bequest.

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Accession Number: NAV.13.1-1933
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Fnumber: 27/1

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