Beschreibung:

AN OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE OVAL MEAT COVER AND PLATE CIRCA 1820 The cover with a bold flowering foliate handle, gadrooned bands, shell and foliage at intervals, engraved with an armorial and a crest, the dome 40cm (15 3/4in) long, the plate 47cm (18 1/2in) long; and an electro-plated twin handled tray, 20th century (3) The arms and crest are for James ARDEN Esq. (1791-1865) surgeon of Nether Knutsford and Blackden Hall, Goostrey, Cheshire. James ARDEN was born 1791 at Market Drayton, Shropshire the son of James ARDEN a surgeon later of Knutsford. He, like his father, was a surgeon and lived most of his life at Nether Knutsford. The ARDEN family were of Anglo-Saxon origin. In 1816 he married Mary Ann KINSEY (1777-1832) the co-heir of her father Lt. Thomas KINSEY (1777-1832) and Isabella (1741-1809) owners of Blackden Hall and Manor, Goostrey, Cheshire. On his marriage James ARDEN became the owner of Blackden Hall and Manor, although for much of his remaining life he continued to live in nearby Knutsford.