MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1812

Details

A pair of George III silver-gilt dishes and covers
Mark of Paul Storr, London, 1812
Each circular, with a broad band of grapevines on a matted ground, the domed covers each applied with detachable water-leaf, acanthus and beaded border with acanthus bud finial, the covers finely engraved twice, and the dishes once, with a coat-of-arms within Garter motto, a duke's coronet above, marked on bases, inside covers, and on applied borders on covers, the dishes stamped with pattern number '764' on bases and 'RUNDELL BRIDGE ET RUNDELL AURIFICES REGIS ET PRINCIPIS WALLIAE REGENTIS BRITANNIAS' on sides
9¼in. (23.5cm.) diam.
69oz. (2,169gr.)
The arms are those of Hugh, 3rd Duke of Northumberland K.G. (1795-1837) (2)

Provenance

Supplied to Hugh, 3rd Duke of Northumberland K.G. (1795-1837) and thence by descent to
Hugh, 10th Duke of Northumberland (1914-1988)
His Grace the Duke of Northumberland K.G., G.C.V.O., T.D., P.C.; Sotheby's London, 3 May 1984, lot 112
A Gentleman; Christie's London, 22 November 2000, lot 132

Literature

Archives of the Duke of Northumberland, The Percy Letters and Papers, Rundell Bridge and Rundell Account, 15 July 1822: '2 round silver-gilt Dishes & Covers for Ice to fit occasionally to the Wine Coolers - 69 (oz.). 18 (dwt.) at 12/- (per ounce), 41 18 (s.) 10 (d.)'
M. Clayton, The Collector's Dictionary of Silver and Gold of Great Britain and North America, Woodbridge, 1971, p. 162
V. Brett, Sotheby's Directory of Silver, 1600-1940, London, 1986, p. 253, fig. 1142

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Lot Essay

The firm of Rundell, Bridge and Rundell supplied large quantities of silver and silver-gilt to Hugh, 3rd Duke of Northumberland from 1822 to 1831. Many of these commissions are recorded in the Percy Letters in the Duke of Northumberland's archives. The company additionally gilded and repaired pieces in the Duke's existing collection, and provided insurance for the transport of the Duke's plate to France when he traveled there in 1825. He was a prodigious collector of highest quality silver and silver-gilt: the Duke's probate inventory prepared after his death indicated that at Northumberland House alone were listed twenty-nine chests.

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