A REGENCY SILVER MAZARINE

Details

A REGENCY SILVER MAZARINE
LONDON, 1810, MAKER'S MARK OF PAUL STORR

Of oval form, raised on four ball feet, the field pierced with bands of stylized flowerheads, foliate scrolls and crosses, the center engraved with a crest within the Order of the Garter surmounted by an Earl's coronet, marked on reverse, engraved EH 162.1, and with Dallas Museum of Art accession number 1987.211.1--19 1/8in. (48.6cm.) long
(60 oz. 10 dwt.)

Provenance

The Right Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale, Christie's, London, February 19-20, 1947, lot 70 (one of four).

Exhibited

Atlanta, 1975, no. 100

Lot Essay

The crest and coronet are those of William, Earl of Lonsdale, born in 1757. He succeeded his cousin in 1802 in the Viscountcy and Barony of Lowther and was himself in 1807 created Earl of Lonsdale. He married in 1781 Augusta, daughter of John, 9th Earl of Westmorland. In the Farington Diary, May 19, 1908, Robert Smirke wrote of him: "His private amusement is hunting and he keeps about 50 Hunters... his income is supposed to be from 80 to 100,000 pounds a year, but he has vast expenses. He has four establishments, one at Lowther, also at Whitehaven, Cottesmore in Rutlandshire and in London." He died in 1844. [Complete Peerage]