Irish Antique Silver Charger

An Irish antique silver charger set with original horticultural and agricultural medals awarded to Thomas Seymour who is a descended from the Seymour family, brother of Jane Seymour, wife of Henry VIII. Each medal is set into the plate as a coin would be and the engraved presentations on the reverse of the medals are visible on the back of the plate. There are three applied feet on the bottom. De-aquisitioned property of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Engraved at the center with the crest of the Seymour family, the Dukes of Somerset. Applied beaded edge and engraved border.  Marked with the maker’s marks of John Smyth, the retailer West & Son and dated 1869.