MAKER'S MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1812

细节

A pair of George III silver-gilt dishes and covers
Maker's mark of Paul Storr, London, 1812
The circular dishes with a broad border cast and chased with fruiting vines on a matted ground, the domed covers with detachable with acanthus bud finial with beaded water-leaf and anthemion calyx, the covers each engraved twice with a coat-of-arms within Garter motto with duke's coronet above, the dishes similarly engraved, marked on dishes, covers and handles, the dishes stamped with pattern number '764' and 'RUNDELL BRIDGE ET RUNDELL AURIFICES REGIS ET PRINCIPIS WALLIAE REGENTIS BRITANNIAS'
the dishes 9¼in (23.5cm.) diam.
69oz. (2,169gr.) (2)

来源

Supplied to Hugh, 3rd Duke of Northumberland K.G. (1795-1837) and thence by descent to
Hugh, 10th Duke of Northumberland (1914-1988) His Grace the Duke of Northumberland K.G., G.C.V.O., T.D., P.C.; Sotheby's London, 3 May 1984, lot 112

出版

Archives of the Duke of Northumberland, The Percy Letters and Papers, Rundell Bridge and Rundell Account, 15 July 1822, '2 round silver-gilt Dishes & Covers for Ice to fit occasionally to the Wine Coolers - 69 (oz.). 18 (dwt.) at 12/- (per ounce), (£)41 18 (s.) 10 (d.).
M. Clayton, The Collector's Dictionary of Silver and Gold of Great Britain and North America, Woodbridge, 1971, p. 162, illustrated

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拍品专文

Rundell, Bridge and Rundell supplied large quantities of silver and silver-gilt to the 3rd Duke from 1822 to 1831. Many of these commissions are recorded in the Percy Letters in the Duke of Northumberland's archives. The first bill dates from 1822 to 1823 and two subsequent bills date from 1824 to 1826 and 1828 to 1831. Rundells not only supplied new plate, but also gilded and repaired pieces in the existing collection. They also provided insurance for the transport of the Duke plate to France when he traveled there in 1825. The true extent of his silver collection is illustrated by the probate inventory prepared after his death. At Northumberland House alone there were listed twenty-nine chests.