Officer's shoulder belt plate, 3rd or South Devon Militia, 1795 (c)

Oval silver plate hallmarked, 'London', and bearing the following incised design: within a scallop and point border a trophy of arms and banners superimposed upon which is a shield with hatched edges charged with a lion rampant (part of the arms of the Dukes of Devonshire).
Below all is a scroll bearing the title, 'South Devon', above which are two crossed laurel sprays.
On the reverse a hook at upper edge and two studs at lower edge together with the manufacturer's mark, 'F T' (Francis Thurkle?).