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Property of a Minnesota Collector
A FINE PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER WINE COOLERS
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1809
Details
A FINE PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER WINE COOLERS
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1809
Each urn-form, on four scroll shell feet with acanthus leaf joins, the lower body fluted with applied mid-band and gadrooned rim, with two reeded foliate and shell-capped handles with lion's-mask terminals, the detachable waisted collar with gadrooned and shell rim, with plain cylindrical liner, engraved on each side of body with coat-of-arms and crest, each collar and liner also engraved with the same crest, each marked under base, liner and collar bezel
9¾ in. (24.9 cm.) high; 250 oz. (7784 gr.)
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1809
Each urn-form, on four scroll shell feet with acanthus leaf joins, the lower body fluted with applied mid-band and gadrooned rim, with two reeded foliate and shell-capped handles with lion's-mask terminals, the detachable waisted collar with gadrooned and shell rim, with plain cylindrical liner, engraved on each side of body with coat-of-arms and crest, each collar and liner also engraved with the same crest, each marked under base, liner and collar bezel
9¾ in. (24.9 cm.) high; 250 oz. (7784 gr.)
Provenance
Christie's, London, 11 March 1907, lot 359, £187 to S J Phillips
Exhibited
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1985