Plain circular, the borders engraved with a crest below a baron's coronet within a foliate cartouche, marked on reverse and further engraved with number and with scratch weights No1 17=5; no2 17=16; no3 16=15; no4 17=10; no5 17=14; no6 17=13; no7 16=16; no8 17=11; no9 16=19; no10 17=8; no11 17=3; no12 17=11; no13 17=12; no14 17=15; no15 17=12; no16 17=8; no17 16=5; no18 18=0; no19 17=7; no20 17=13; no21 17=13; no22 16=17; no23 18=7; no24 17=9
9³⁄₈ in. (23.8 cm.) diameter
407 oz. 8 dwt. (12,672 gr.)
The crest is that of Paget, for Thomas Catesby Paget, styled as Lord Paget, following his father's elevation as Earl of Uxbridge in 1714. Thomas married in 1718 Lady Elizabeth Egerton youngest daughter of Scroop Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgwater, son-in-law of the celebrated Duke of Marlborough.

Thomas Catesby Paget (1689-1742), styled Lord Paget from 1714 until he died intestate in 1742, then to his father whom he predeceased,
Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge (1663-1743), bequeathed as part of his unsettled and acquired estate to his kinsman,
Sir William Irby, 2nd Bt, later 1st Baron Boston (1707-1775), then by descent to,
George Florance Irby, 6th Baron Boston (1860-1941),
One dozen plates, The Executors of the late Lord Boston; Messrs. Alfred Savill and Sons, Monkshatch, Compton, near Guilford, 17 December 1941, lot 533a (£893 to Frederick Poke), a further dozen by descent to,
Greville Northey Irby, 7th Baron Boston (1889-1958),
The Rt. Hon. The Lord Boston; Christie's, London, 15 March 1950, lot 135 (£560 to Lumley).
One dozen with Thomas Lumley Ltd., London, 1950.
Frederick Robert Poke (1884-1974) of Langholm, Parkside, Wimbledon Common, publisher and collector,
The Collection of Silver and Silver-Gilt formed by the late Frederick Poke; Sotheby’s, London, 20 November 2003, lot 184, two dozen.

The Connoisseur, 'A Collection of silver-gilt assembled by Mr and Mrs Frederick Poke', June, 1957, pp. 21-23.

Coventry, The Herbert Museum, 1975-1996.

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Thomas Catesby Paget, Lord Paget (1689-1742), was the son of Henry Paget, 7^thBaron Paget of Beaudesert, created 1^stEarl of Uxbridge in 1714. He was a writer and politician, educated at Eton College and both Clare College, Cambridge and Trinity College, Oxford. He travelled abroad during the War of the Spanish Succession when he was captured by French forces whilst travelling to Italy through southern Germany. His father secured his release in 1710. His political career commenced in 1715 when he stood unopposed as member of Parliament for Staffordshire. He entered the court of George, Prince of Wales in 1719 as a gentleman of the bedchamber. He stood for parliament twice more in 1722 and in 1727 when following his defeat he was promoted to Lord of the Bedchamber to King George II, a post he held until 1736, when he was forced to resign through ill-health. His writings include an essay and other works in imitation of Alexander Pope. His elder son Henry (1719-1769) succeeded his grandfather 2^ndEarl of Uxbridge on the latter's death in 1743.