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MAKER'S MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1807; TWELVE ALTERED FROM SOUP PLATES
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A SET OF TWENTY-FOUR GEORGE III SILVER DINNER PLATES
Maker's mark of Paul Storr, London, 1807; twelve altered from soup plates
Each circular with gadrooned border and shells at intervals, engraved with crest beneath an earl's coronet, marked on reverse
10in. (25.4cm.) diameter; 487oz. 10dwt. (15168gr.)
The crest is that of Bingham as borne by the Earls of Lucan (24)
Maker's mark of Paul Storr, London, 1807; twelve altered from soup plates
Each circular with gadrooned border and shells at intervals, engraved with crest beneath an earl's coronet, marked on reverse
10in. (25.4cm.) diameter; 487oz. 10dwt. (15168gr.)
The crest is that of Bingham as borne by the Earls of Lucan (24)
Provenance
Richard Bingham, 2nd Earl of Lucan (1764-1839), who served as MP for St. Albans from 1790 to 1800. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Earl Fauconberg in 1794 but the marriage was not a happy one, and was described by Lady Bessborough in a letter of 1804. Their separation of that year was, in her opinion, "more from disagreement of temper and extreme absurdity on both sides than any other cause. . . she took to racketing and neglected him, he grew low spirited and scolded her. Incessant wranglings ensued, and mix'd up with accusations of flirtation on one side and stinginess on the other" (Complete Peerage).