Queen Anne Silver Charger by Bolton

Acquisition of commemorative silver charger by Thomas Bolton, 1708, Dublin. Charger apparently made to mark the 100th anniversary of the purchase of Irish estates in Ulster, the so-called Plantation of Ulster. Centre engraved with the coat-of-arms of the city of London within a baroque cartouche and inscription surround; 'Carolus Secundis Redux Londons Plantacion in Ulster'.