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Lot Essay
The arms are those of Curzon quartering Assheton, Howe and others for Richard William Penn (1796-1870), who succeeded to the Viscounty of Curzon on his grandfather's death in 1820, and was created Earl Howe in 1821.
These sauceboats form part of an extensive dinner service ordered by Earl Howe from the workshops of Paul Storr and Scott & Smith, 1804-1806. Weighing more than 4500 ounces, the service comprised 84 dinner plates, 24 dessert plates, 15 meat dishes and 20 entree dishes and covers in various sizes. The service sold at Christie's, London, on December 6, 1933 and was catalogued by Arthur Grimwade, then in his 2nd year at Christie's. He records in his diary, "...I paid my first visit to the strong rooms of one of the most prestigious banking firms of London...[we] were anxious to get through all we could before Lady Howe arrived as [we] expected she would hinder us a great deal. We found a very large dinner service by Digby Scott and Benjamin Smith of 1804-6..." (Grimwade, Silver for Sale, 1994, p. 47) Further silver from the collection of Earl Howe sold again at Christie's, London on July 1, 1953.
A pair of sauceboats which belonged to Richard, Admiral Howe (1725-1799), maternal grandfather of this earl, is also being offered in this sale, lot 399.
These sauceboats form part of an extensive dinner service ordered by Earl Howe from the workshops of Paul Storr and Scott & Smith, 1804-1806. Weighing more than 4500 ounces, the service comprised 84 dinner plates, 24 dessert plates, 15 meat dishes and 20 entree dishes and covers in various sizes. The service sold at Christie's, London, on December 6, 1933 and was catalogued by Arthur Grimwade, then in his 2nd year at Christie's. He records in his diary, "...I paid my first visit to the strong rooms of one of the most prestigious banking firms of London...[we] were anxious to get through all we could before Lady Howe arrived as [we] expected she would hinder us a great deal. We found a very large dinner service by Digby Scott and Benjamin Smith of 1804-6..." (Grimwade, Silver for Sale, 1994, p. 47) Further silver from the collection of Earl Howe sold again at Christie's, London on July 1, 1953.
A pair of sauceboats which belonged to Richard, Admiral Howe (1725-1799), maternal grandfather of this earl, is also being offered in this sale, lot 399.