A set of twelve George III silver soup plates...

A set of twelve George III silver soup plates from the Pelham service,
by Paul Storr, London 1808,
circular shaped form, ribbon and reed border with palm fronds, engraved with an armorial, diameter 26.2cm, total approx. weight 264.91oz. (12)

The armorial is that of Pelham impaling Aufrere, for Charles Anderson Pelham, 1st Baron Yarborough (1748-1823), and his wife Sophie, daughter of George Aufrere of Chelsea.

Provenance:
The Barry Lock Collection.

A set of twelve soup plates from this service was sold at Christie's, London, 31 March 1998, lot 82 and again at Christie's, London, Important Silver, 12 June 2002, lot 57.

These soup plates are from the Pelham service, originally commissioned by Charles Anderson Pelham from John Parker and Edward Wakelin, possibly to commemorate his marriage to Sophie Aufrere in 1770. The design was developed, at least in part, by Sir William Chambers, and this initial service is recorded in Parker and Wakelin's 'Workman’s and Gentleman’s Ledgers', now in the Victoria and Albert Museum. In 1808, Pelham then commissioned Paul Storr to create an addition to this service, of which the set offered here was a part.

Born in 1748 to Francis Anderson and his wife Eleanor, Charles Anderson assumed the surname and the arms of Pelham upon the death of his maternal great-uncle Charles Pelham Esq. (d.1763) of Brocklesby, Lincolnshire, whose estate he inherited. Elected to the House of Commons in 1768, he stood as M.P. for Beverly until 1774, and then as M.P. for Lincoln until 1794. Pelham was elevated to the peerage in 1774 as Baron Yarborough of Yarborough, co. Lincoln, and upon his death at Brocklesby Hall in 1823, was succeeded by his son Charles, who was to be then created Earl of Yarborough in 1837.