An assembled set of fifteen sterling silver soup plates, 19th century, comprising seven plates of maker's mark William Bennett, London, circa 1803, each with the retail mark 'Thomas / Bond St', five plates of maker's mark Timothy Renou, London, circa 1802, one with the retail mark 'Thomas / Bond St', and three plates of maker's mark William Bateman, London, circa 1838, each with a shallow circular body and a gadrooned border, all engraved to the rim with various armorial crests, 9,674 gms total weight of silver, 24 cm diameter. Provenance: fine European and Oriental furniture, ceramics, glass, silver and jewellery, Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, 3 December 1991, lot 79 (part)