MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1821

Details

A FINE GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT FRAME WITH IVORY RELIEF**
Mark of Paul Storr, London, 1821
Rectangular, with a border of chased vine leaves and branches against a matte ground, the inner border of floral scroll and acanthus leaves enclosing a carved ivory plaque, depicting a scene of the Drunken Silenus with donkey, ram, satyrs and putti, probably after a design by the Flemish artist François Duquesnoy (1594-1643), the frame marked twice on reverse
18¾in. (48cm.) high, 23½in. (59.5cm.) wide, 3in. (7.6cm.) deep

Provenance

S.J. Phillips, London, 1965

Special notice

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Lot Essay

This unusual plaque relates to the mounted ivories commissioned by William Beckford in the same period. In the Fonthill Abbey sales catalogues of 1822 and 1823, there are listed two carved ivory silver-gilt mounted cups, one "finely carved in relief, with subjects from the Cingalese mythology," and another depicting "a marine Venus attended by Tritons and Sirens, mounted by Rundell and Bridge, in chased silver gilt" (see M. Snodin and M. Baker, "William Beckford's Silver, Part II," Burlington Magazine, E-75 and E-76, pp. 828-829). There are also a number of ivories mounted by Storr and Rundell's in the Royal Collection.

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