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MAKER'S MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1821
Details
A George IV silver-gilt centrepiece
maker's mark of Paul Storr, London, 1821
The spool-shaped plinth on shell, scroll and acanthus feet, cast and chased with shell and scroll decoration between, with berried laurel and trailing-ivy borders, the base applied with three detachable figures of two bacchante, playing a tambourine and a triangle, and the figure Bacchus, draped in a leopard skin, playing the cymbals, with central acanthus baluster stem and detachable openwork basket with detachable vine decoration, with vine rim, marked on base, figures, vine decoration and bowl
19in. (50.2cm.) high
280ozs.
maker's mark of Paul Storr, London, 1821
The spool-shaped plinth on shell, scroll and acanthus feet, cast and chased with shell and scroll decoration between, with berried laurel and trailing-ivy borders, the base applied with three detachable figures of two bacchante, playing a tambourine and a triangle, and the figure Bacchus, draped in a leopard skin, playing the cymbals, with central acanthus baluster stem and detachable openwork basket with detachable vine decoration, with vine rim, marked on base, figures, vine decoration and bowl
19in. (50.2cm.) high
280ozs.
Provenance
A Gentleman; Christie's London, 27 April 1983, lot 139