A REGENCY SILVER TWO-HANDLED TRAY

MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1816

Details

A REGENCY SILVER TWO-HANDLED TRAY
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1816
Shaped oval, on four vine and shell feet, with reeded vine, acanthus and basket of grapes border, with acorn and oak branch handles, the center engraved with a coat-of-arms under drapery mantle, marked on underside and stamped with paten number 865
27 ¾ in. (70.5 cm.) long, over handles
183 oz. 16 dwt. (5,717 gr.)

Provenance

Robert Townley Parker (1793-1879) of Cuerden Hall, co. Lancaster, by descent to
Captain T. A. Tatton M.C., removed from Cuerdon Hall, Preston, being part of the Towneley-Parker Heirlooms; Christie’s, London, 12 December 1928, lot 32 (£284 to Holmes).

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Lot Essay

The arms are those of Parker quartering Towneley impaling Brooke for Robert Townley Parker (1793-1879) of Cuerden Hall, co. Lancaster, and his wife Harriet (1798–1878), youngest daughter of Thomas Brooke of Church Minshull, Cheshire, whom he married in 1816. Mr. Parker was high sheriff of Lancashire in 1817 and was M.P. for Preston.

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