These Letters were Prick't on [...] the Back of ye Silver Plate. / To the Most Noble Prince CHARLES Duke of SOMERSET and / Earl of HERTFORD, Viscount and Baron BEAUCHAMP, de HAECHE, Baron SEYMOUR / of TROBRIDGE Lord of the Honours of COCKERMOUTH and PETWORTH Chan- / cellor of the University of CAMBRIDGE, K.t of ye most noble order of the / GARTER, and one ye L.ds of his Majesties most Hon.ble Privy Councell & c. / Drawn from the Original Peice of Plate by W.m Shaftoe. Which Piece of Plate is 20 Inches by 15 / This Print being an exact representation of that most Curious and valuable peice of / Antiquity in Bass Reliefe in Silver weighing ab.t 148 Ounces found in ye year 1735: Buriyed in ye Sands / by the River of Tyne, in your Graces Mannor of Carbridge in ye Country of Northumberland, Suposed / to have been made use of in some of the Sacrifices to some Heathen Deity and to have been done above / 2000: Years, which represents the figures of Vesta, Apollo, Ceres, Minerva and Diana, with Hiero: / glyphicks &c Is most humbly Dedicated By Y.r Graces most dutyfull, most Obedient Humble Serv.r / W.m Shaftoe / Engraved by Ger.d Vander Gucht / Published Pursuant to an act of Parliment ye 31st of may 1736
