Property from the Ackland Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, sold to benefit the Acquisitions Fund

A PAIR OF REGENCY SILVER MEAT DISHES

MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1809

Details

A PAIR OF REGENCY SILVER MEAT DISHES
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1809
Each shaped oval, with reeded and tied borders and grape bunches at intervals, the border engraved with a Viscount's armorials, each marked on reverse, also with accession no.
14½ in. (36.8 cm.) long; 73 oz. (2272 gr.) (2)

Provenance

William, 2nd Viscount Lowther, later Earl of Lonsdale
The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale, O.B.E., sold Christie's, 20 February 1947
part lot 43

Lot Essay

The arms are those of William (Lowther), 1st Earl of Lonsdale (1757-1844).

For more information on the Earl of Lonsdale, see lot 409.

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