Lot Essay
The arms are those of Des Voeux impaling Hird for Sir Charles Des Voeux 2nd Bt., (b.1779) and his wife Christina (d.1841) daughter of Richard Hird of Rawdon, County York, whom he married in 1801.
MAKER'S MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1823
Details
A George IV silver soup dish
maker's mark of Paul Storr, London, 1823
Octagonal and with gadrooned borders, engraved with a crest and a coat-of-arms, marked on reverse
11½in. (27cm.) diam.
23ozs. (721grs.)
maker's mark of Paul Storr, London, 1823
Octagonal and with gadrooned borders, engraved with a crest and a coat-of-arms, marked on reverse
11½in. (27cm.) diam.
23ozs. (721grs.)