MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1794

Details

A GEORGE III SILVER SOUP TUREEN, COVER AND STAND FROM THE CAMDEN SERVICE
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1794
On circular stand chased with palmette leaves, with tied reeded borders and two leaf-capped bifurcated handles, the circular bowl with conforming decoration and bifurcated handles, the domed cover chased with palmette leaves and with a ring handle, the tureen engraved with an Earl's coat-of-arms, the stand and cover engraved with an Earl's coronet and crest, with associated silver liner, maker's mark obscured, the stand engraved N1 188..1 marked under base, liner, on tureen foot and cover
The stand 18¼ in. (45.6 cm.) long over handles, 184 oz. (5,731 gr.)

Provenance

John Jeffreys (Pratt), 2nd Earl Camden (1759-1840), created 1st Marquess Camden in 1812
The Marquess Camden, sold Sotheby's, London, 23 January 1964, lot 100 (part)

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Lot Essay

Pieces from the Camden Service are in the Gibbons Collection, at the Lauren Rogers Library and Museum of Art, Laurel, Mississippi, the Jerusalem Museum and numerous private collections. A pair of wine coolers from this service is in the collection of the U.S. Department of State, Diplomatic Reception Rooms. Two other pairs of wine coolers from the Camden Service sold in these Rooms, 28 April, 1992, lot 205 and October 23, 2000, lot 360. A smaller soup tureen and suite of four sauce tureens and four salt cellars sold in these Rooms, respectively, 23 May 2007, lot 139 and 19 October 2001, lot 239.

Photo Caption: 2nd Earl Camden, 1st Marquess (1759-1840)
National Portrait Gallery of Illustrious and Eminent Personages

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