A set of twenty-four George III silver Thread pattern table knives, by Moses Brent, London 1801, engraved with a crest, the steel blades stamped 'London made'. (24) The crest is a variant on that of Clarke, probably the crest of Field Marshall Alured Clarke (1744-1832) KB. He was appointed to the Order of the Bath in 1797 and installed May 15th 1803. He married Elizabeth Catherine Hunter (c.1740-1795), a society beauty who had eloped with the Earl of Pembroke and been the mistress of Augustus Hervey, future 3rd Earl of Bristol, before marrying Clarke.

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