A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT COVERED EWER

MAKER'S MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1816

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A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT COVERED EWER
Maker's mark of Paul Storr, London, 1816
Baluster, on a circular base with band of rosettes, the lower body gadrooned, the body and neck fluted, the shoulder with band of scrolling acanthus on a matted ground, the rim with egg-and-dart band, the reeded upswept scroll handle with foliate joins and winged female mask at lower join, the acanthus leaf and anthemion spout, the hinged domed fluted cover surmounted by a bud finial, marked under base and cover, the foot stamped RUNDELL BRIDGE ET RUNDELL AURIFICES REGIS ET PRINCIPIS WALLIAE REGENTIS BRITANNIAS, also stamped 714 under base
12in. (32.7cm.) high; 69oz. 10dwt. (2173gr.)
Storr, Paul

Lot Essay

The ubiquitous acanthus leaf, found on mouldings and capitals of Corinthian and Composite columns, appeared fully developed in the Erechtheum in the late 5th century BC. Its popularity spread throughout the Graeco-Roman world, and the ornament was common to Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance design. Scrolling acanthus bands were popular in English silver from 1670 to 1695 and from 1770 to 1825, but the border on the present example represents its purest form.

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