Westminster Abbey Chapel Stall Plate of Vice-Admiral Sir George Murray, K.C.B.
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1815
This Westminster Abbey chapel stall plate was commissioned as part of the official insignia for the Order of the Bath following its expansion in 1815. Such plates were intended to be affixed to the stalls of Knights within Westminster Abbey, although limited space ultimately precluded their installation.
Measuring 22.5cm by 18.5cm, the object is a gilded copper plate featuring an intricately engraved and painted depiction of Sir George Murray’s crest, positioned above an inscription detailing his rank as Vice Admiral of the Red Squadron and his nomination as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath on 2 January 1815. The reverse of the plate bears the maker's stamp for G. Harris of 31 Shoe Lane, London. These commemorative plates, of which approximately 100 of the K.C.B. class were produced, serve as formal records of knighthood and heraldic tradition associated with the British military and ecclesiastical history of the early nineteenth century.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- gilded copper
- Dimensions
- 22.5cm x 18.5cm
Technical characteristics
- Maker stamp
- G. Harris, No 31 Shoe Lane, London
Design
- Obverse
- painted crest of Murray and inscription
- Inscription
- Sir George Murray, Vice Admiral of the Red Squadron of His Majesty’s Fleet, nominated a Knight Commander of the Most Honorable Military Order of the Bath, 2nd Jany. 1815
Identification
- Source note
- Described from a single auction-house listing published on Invaluable (reproduced with Invaluable's permission). Details apply to that one example; other examples of the type may differ, and the listing is supplementary evidence, not authentication.
- Maker named in listing
- G. Harris
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.