Lost Treasures revisited – Silver plate enquiry
16 December 2015
We continue our look back at the Lost Treasures of Stowe campaign.
9 September 2013
We’ve recently had an enquiry through the Lost Treasures of Stowe campaign from a gentleman from Melrose, Scotland, regarding a pair of silver plates from a larger set that he had in his possession. They have the heraldic shield that was linked to the Brydges family, who married into the Temple-Grenville family via Anna Eliza in 1796. Their family estate name of Chandos was added to the title when her husband became 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos in 1822.
The enquiry was to ascertain whether they had been part of either sales of 1848 or 1922. The 1848 catalogue is on-line. The catalogue has the dimensions of any silver plates so he is currently looking himself.
If you have anything that you think is linked to Stowe, and can be found in the 1848 catalogue, then please let us know the items and the area of the country where you live then we can plot the items. If you can’t find it in that catalogue, then ask us to look through the 1922 catalogue but do give us as much information as possible, including dimensions.
Happy hunting!