Lot 280
280
A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER SALT CELLARS

Details
A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER SALT CELLARS
LONDON, 1821, MAKER'S MARK OF PAUL STORR

Each of shaped circular form, raised on three acanthus scroll feet headed by eagles, the sides elaborately cast and chased with foliate scrolls, flowerheads, and animal masks on a matted ground, applied with an asymmetrical cartouche engraved with a coat of arms, the applied gadrooned rim with acanthus scrolls and shells at intervals, with removable gilt liners engraved with a crest, marked under bases and on liners, liners stamped with inventory numbers 5 and 6--3 7/8 in. (9.7 cm.) diameter
(35 oz.) (2)

Lot Essay

The arms are those of Buchanan quarterly with those of Leny, for David Buchanan, of Drumpellier and Mountvernon, Lanarkshire, born in 1760. He married on May 29, 1788, Marion, daughter of James Gilliam of Mount Alta, Virginia. He assumed the additional surname of Carrick on being left property by Robert Carrick, banker of Glasgow. He died in 1827.

These salts are from a set of at least ten, eight of which were sold Christie's New York, October 27, 1992, lot 238.