MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1792

The arms are those of Mary Verney (1737-1810), who succeeded her uncle Ralph, second and last Earl Verney. She was created Baroness Fermanagh in 1792, inheriting the bankrupt estates of her uncle, who had spent lavishly on the renovation of Claydon Hall in Buckinghamshire, creating one of the finest Georgian interiors in England. She died unmarried in 1810, at which time the Barony became extinct.

Two similiar cups, also dated 1794, are recorded in Penzer, Paul Storr, 1954, p. 88. These two cups and the present lot appear to be the earliest commissions executed by Storr.