THE BORDER, MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1831, THE CENTRE GERMAN, CIRCA 1749

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A large William IV silver tray
The border, mark of Paul Storr, London, 1831, the centre German, circa 1749
Shaped oval, with gadrooned and foliate scroll border, repoussé and chased with scrolling flowers, foliage and male and female masks on a partly matted ground, the inset field, by a different maker, chased with a scene of a man and woman with a putto and doves in a wooded landscape, engraved above with a coat-of-arms, the border reverse engraved with an inscription: 'This Border weighing 80oz 18dwt was made to receive an Old Chased Plate of Unknown Assay', the reverse of the plaque engraved 'Beyde Platten M. 8.7.3. 1759', marked on reverse of border
33¼in. (84.5cm.) long
115oz. (3,600gr.)
The arms are those of Craven presumably for William, 2nd Earl of Craven (1809-1866). He was Lord Lieutenant of co. Warwick, Recorder of Coventry, and High Steward of Newbury. He married on 5 September 1835, Lady Emily Mary Grimston (d.1901) second daughter of the 1st Earl of Verulam and they had nine children.

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Lot Essay

The central scene of Venus and Adonis is taken from a painting attributed to H. van Limborch, oil on canvas, Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie, The Hague. A similar example of a 17th century German plaque 'improved' by an early 19th century silversmith may be noted in the sale of silver from Wentworth, sold Christie's, London, 8 July 1998, lots 157 and 158. The former is a dish by a member of the Jager family of Augsburg, circa 1660, with figures and border applied by Edward Farrell, circa 1820; and the latter, a border by Farrell now enclosing a later mirror, is inscribed '...This Border made to receive this Dish of Unknown Assay weighing 59oz. 12'.

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