The crest and coronet are those of William, 8th Duke of St. Albans, born in 1766, who succeeded to the Dukedom on the death of ÿis nephew in 1816. He had married, in 1791, Charlotte, daughter of the Rev. Robert Thaelwall, who had died in 1797. He married as his second wife, in 1799, Maria Janetta, only daughter of John Nelthorpe. The Duke died in 1825 at the age of 58 and was succeeded by his son William Aubrey as 9th Duke. This Duke is best remembered as the husband of Harriot Mellon, whose monogram and coronet also appear on these sauceboats (see footnote to previous lot).

An identical pair by Storr of the same year is in the Gans Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, while a set of four of similar form, of 1818, is in the Al-Tajir Collection, London.

The sauceboats form part of the extensive dinner service by Storr sold in the 1914 sale. Other pieces to have appeared in recent years include a tea tray of 1817, sold in these Rooms, October 25, 1988, lot 412, a set of soup plates, offered in the same Rooms, October 18, 1989, lot 54, and the pair of salt cellars, lot in this sale.