THREE EARL OF WARRINGTON SILVER SERVING PLATTERS, DUNHAM MASSEY Each waisted with cast rim, engraved with the coat of arms and motto of Henry Booth, Lord Delamere, 1st Earl of Warrington (1652-1694). Incised #30/50-18 by Peter Archambo, Huguenot, London, 1730, for George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington (1675-1758). Scratched #64-12 and 122-18 by John Wakelin and William Taylor, London 1786, for George Harry Gray, 5th Earl of Stamford and Warrington (1737-1819) (Grandson of George Booth). 15 1/2" x 10 3/4", 17 1/2" x 12 5/8", 22" x 16 5/8". 231.5 OT TW. Notes: The Booth family seat at Dunham Massey, a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, holds in its collection another three platters in this form from the original 24. (See Country House Silver from Dunham Massey by James Lomax and James Rothwell, Anova Books, 2007,p. 74.) George Booth, the 2nd Earl, devoted himself to solidifying the family's fortune and building a silver collection. A numbered service, by 1750 it inventoried over 25,000 ounces of silver. The platters on auction at Rago weigh a total of 231.58 OT. One was made by Peter Archambo, a Huguenot silver and goldsmith, in London in 1730 for George Booth. Two were made by John Wakelin & William Taylor, London, in 1786, for George Harry Grey. (Wakeline and Taylor made six platters in all.) On each platter the Earl's coronet surmounts the coat of arms of Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington (1652-1694) and his family motto "Quod Ero Spero" (translated as "What I hope to accomplish, I will accomplish" or "Hope, Perseverance, Success").