MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, TWO 1809 AND TWO 1810, ONE PAIR WITH MARK OF WILLIAM BATEMAN, LONDON, 1828 ON HANDLES AND BORDER BENEATH HANDLES

Sir Thomas Neave 2nd Bt. (1761-1848), in common with his father was a fellow of the Royal Society and the Society of Antiquaries. He travelled on the Continent acquiring many works of art including a considerable quantity of stained glass thought to have come from Louvain Cathedral. Amongst his acquisitions of plate were a magnificent pair of Dutch silver wall sconces by the 17th century master goldsmith Adrian Van Vianen dated 1622 (Sotheby's, London, 17 June 1971, lot 126) and a French silver basket, Paris, 1638, sold Christie's Geneva, 15 May 1995, lot 168.