On the back of the
dish within a garter 'presented to J.P. Westhead Esq'
In excellent
condition.
Measures approx.
26.cm in diameter and weighs 603.g.
J.P. Westhead (1807-1877) was a prominent businessman and Weslyian Methodist, director of the London and North Western Railways, MP for Knaresborough and later York. He was the son of Edward Westhead, who had married Ann Brown, heiress to Lea Castle. By 1862, the Ridgway factory was known as Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co. Several unique presentation services were made for him as gifts, bearing his coat of arms or crest. He married Betsy Chappell in 1828. He later inherited Lea Castle from his father. A service was presented to Joshua on the 15th June 1847 at the Albion Hotel, Piccadilly Manchester. by the shareholders of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company in recognition of his work as Chairman, before it was absorbed into the London and North Western Railway.
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