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MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1812
Details
A pair of George III silver wine-coolers, collars and liners
Mark of Paul Storr, London, 1812
Each urn-shaped, on four lion's paw feet each on a low canted rectangular platform, the feet with acanthus terminals, the partly-fluted body with moulded mid-rib and gadrooned rim, with two reeded foliage and shell-capped handles with lion's mask terminals, the detachable waisted collar with gadrooned, foliage and shell border, the plain cylindrical liner with slightly flaring lip, engraved twice on the body with a coat-of-arms surmounted by a crown, and on the collar twice and liner once with a crest, each marked on side of body, bezel of collar, and side of liner
9¾in. (24.7cm.) high
233oz. (7,264gr.)
The arms are those of Alexander impaling Yorke, for Du Pre, 2nd Earl of Caledon K.P. (1777-1839) and his wife Catherine (d.1863), daughter of Philip, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke (1757-1834), whom he married in 1811. Lord Caledon was one of the Irish Representative Peers and was both His Majesty's Lieutenant in co. Tyrone and Colonel of the Tyrone Militia. He was appointed the first Governor of the Cape of Good Hope when it was ceded to Britain in 1806. (2)
Mark of Paul Storr, London, 1812
Each urn-shaped, on four lion's paw feet each on a low canted rectangular platform, the feet with acanthus terminals, the partly-fluted body with moulded mid-rib and gadrooned rim, with two reeded foliage and shell-capped handles with lion's mask terminals, the detachable waisted collar with gadrooned, foliage and shell border, the plain cylindrical liner with slightly flaring lip, engraved twice on the body with a coat-of-arms surmounted by a crown, and on the collar twice and liner once with a crest, each marked on side of body, bezel of collar, and side of liner
9¾in. (24.7cm.) high
233oz. (7,264gr.)
The arms are those of Alexander impaling Yorke, for Du Pre, 2nd Earl of Caledon K.P. (1777-1839) and his wife Catherine (d.1863), daughter of Philip, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke (1757-1834), whom he married in 1811. Lord Caledon was one of the Irish Representative Peers and was both His Majesty's Lieutenant in co. Tyrone and Colonel of the Tyrone Militia. He was appointed the first Governor of the Cape of Good Hope when it was ceded to Britain in 1806. (2)
Provenance
Du Pre, 2nd Earl of Caledon (1777-1839)
The Republic of the Philippines Presidential Commission on Good Government; Christie's New York, 10 January 1991, lot 49
The Republic of the Philippines Presidential Commission on Good Government; Christie's New York, 10 January 1991, lot 49
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