A REGENCY SILVER TOASTED CHEESE DISH

Details

A REGENCY SILVER TOASTED CHEESE DISH
MAKER'S MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1817

Shaped rectangular, on four ball feet, the gadrooned rim with shells at intervals, the hinged domed cover with fluted band and reeded ring finial, with interior removable dish and baluster wood-turned handle, the cover engraved with an earl's armorials, fully marked
11¼in. (28.6cm.) long; gross weight 83oz. 10dwt. (2602gr.)

Provenance

Morrie A. Moss, Memphis, Tennessee
Mrs. John W. Christner, Dallas, Texas
The Christner Collection, Christie's, New York, June 7, 1979, lot 72

Literature

Morrie A. Moss, The Lillian and Morrie Moss Collection of Paul Storr Silver, 1972, p. 186, plate 127.

Lot Essay

The arms are those of Howard quarterly with those of Brotherton, Warren and Fitzalan and impaling those of Leveson-Gower, as borne by Henry Charles Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk (1791-1856), who married Lady Charlotte Leveson-Gower, eldest daughter of George Granville, 1st Duke of Sutherland, in 1814. Henry Howard's father succeeded to the dukedom in 1815 whereupon he, as heir, assumed the title Earl of Arundel and Surrey. On his father's death in 1842 he succeeded to the dukedom and in 1848 was created a Knight of the Garter.