A rare Charles I pewter broad rim plate, Devon, circa 1630 The rim engraved with the arms of the

A rare Charles I pewter broad rim plate, Devon, circa 1630The rim engraved with the arms of the Edgecumbe family, set within a laurel wreath, opposed by the hallmarks of Nicholas Dolbeare, Ashburton, Devon (fl.1620-1651), (PS2909), touchmark to rear, diameter 25.7cm, rim width 5.9cm, (46%)Provenance: Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, Cotehele House, Cornwall. Former Kenneth Bradshaw CollectionThe engraved arms are the old arms of the Edgcumbe family, before their elevation to a peerage. They were granted a Barony, Baron Edgcumbe of Mount Edgcumbe, in 1742; a Viscountcy in 1781; and an Earldom, Earl of Mount Edgcumbe in 1789 (see 'The Complete Peerage, London 196, Vol. IX, pp. 315-319)Five lots of six identical plates sold Sotheby's, 1 June 1956, on behalf of the Trustees of the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, (Lots 24-28). Ronald Michaelis bought Lot 28, almost certainly including this plate, on behalf of mostly Pewter Society members, including Kenneth BradshawLiterature: R. F. Michaelis, 'Early Stuart Pewter from Cotehele, Cornwall', The Antique Collector, February 1959, pp.31-34