A GEORGE III SILVER ENTREE DISH AND COVER ON SHEFFIELD-PLATED STAND FROM THE BATTENBERG SERVICE

MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1810

Details

A GEORGE III SILVER ENTREE DISH AND COVER ON SHEFFIELD-PLATED STAND FROM THE BATTENBERG SERVICE
Mark of Paul Storr, London, 1810
Oblong with gadrooned borders, the high-domed cover surmounted by a flower-head calyx and reeded handle with lion's-head joins, the dish engraved on each side with a crest, the cover engraved on one side with accolé Royal arms, marked on dish, cover and calyx, the Sheffield-plated stand on four paw feet, with gadrooned borders, with conforming warming-pan and liner, mark of Matthew Boulton, Birmingham on warming-pan
12½in. (31.8cm.) long; 82oz. 10dwt. (2575gr.)

Provenance

The property of H.R.H. Princess Beatrice, sold Christie's, London, May 4, 1932, lot 119 (part)

Lot Essay

The engraved arms are those of Battenberg accolé with the Royal arms of Great Britain with those of Saxony in pretence, for H.R.H. Prince Henry Maurice of Battenberg KG, who married in 1885 Princess Beatrice, 5th daughter of Queen Victoria. These dishes formed part of an extensive service by Paul Storr, weighing a total of 4882oz., which sold from Princess Beatrice's apartments at Kensington Palace at Christie's on May 4, 1932. Two of the oblong entrée dishes (originally a set of four) sold in these Rooms, October 20, 1998, lot 324.

A pair of circular entrée dishes and covers from the same service will be offered at Christie's, New York, October 17, 2002, lot 145.

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