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MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1807
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A GEORGE III SILVER VASE AND COVER
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1807
Vase shaped on a pedestal foot, with a band of oak leaf and acorn ribbon-tied wreaths at the shoulder, each side applied with a further wreath, one engraved with an inscription, the other with a coat-of-arms, with two leaf-capped handles, with lion's mask terminals, the cover with leaves and a fruiting finial, marked on foot and inside cover, the foot further stamped 'RUNDELL BRIDGE ET RUNDELL AURIFICES REGIS ET PRINCIPIS WALLIAE LONDINI FECERUNT' and engraved under the foot 'Rundell Bridge and Rundell, Silversmiths to His Majesty'
21¼ in. (54 cm.) high
294 oz. (9,145 gr.)
The inscription reads: 'To William Gordon Esqr One of the REPRESENTATIVES in PARLIAMENT of the City of Worcester, IN FULL APPROBATION of his Partriotic Constitiutional and Successful Assertion of their RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES and INDEPENDANCE This Vase IS MOST GRATEFULLY PRESENTED by a Committee of Electors of that City May 1807'
The arms are those of Gordon, for Sir William Gordon, later Duff Gordon (1772-1823), of Halkin, co. Ayr. He married Caroline, daughter of Sir George Cornewall, 2nd Bt. of Moccas, co. Hereford, in 1810. He took the additional name of Duff in 1813. He worked for his uncle, Sir James Duff 1st Bt. (d.1815), British Consul in Cadiz, in his counting-house in Gibralter, later becoming a partner in the firm. He first stood for the seat of Worcester in 1806, when he was defeated. Once elected he supported the interests of the Slavers and voted for Catholic relief in 1813.
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1807
Vase shaped on a pedestal foot, with a band of oak leaf and acorn ribbon-tied wreaths at the shoulder, each side applied with a further wreath, one engraved with an inscription, the other with a coat-of-arms, with two leaf-capped handles, with lion's mask terminals, the cover with leaves and a fruiting finial, marked on foot and inside cover, the foot further stamped 'RUNDELL BRIDGE ET RUNDELL AURIFICES REGIS ET PRINCIPIS WALLIAE LONDINI FECERUNT' and engraved under the foot 'Rundell Bridge and Rundell, Silversmiths to His Majesty'
21¼ in. (54 cm.) high
294 oz. (9,145 gr.)
The inscription reads: 'To William Gordon Esqr One of the REPRESENTATIVES in PARLIAMENT of the City of Worcester, IN FULL APPROBATION of his Partriotic Constitiutional and Successful Assertion of their RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES and INDEPENDANCE This Vase IS MOST GRATEFULLY PRESENTED by a Committee of Electors of that City May 1807'
The arms are those of Gordon, for Sir William Gordon, later Duff Gordon (1772-1823), of Halkin, co. Ayr. He married Caroline, daughter of Sir George Cornewall, 2nd Bt. of Moccas, co. Hereford, in 1810. He took the additional name of Duff in 1813. He worked for his uncle, Sir James Duff 1st Bt. (d.1815), British Consul in Cadiz, in his counting-house in Gibralter, later becoming a partner in the firm. He first stood for the seat of Worcester in 1806, when he was defeated. Once elected he supported the interests of the Slavers and voted for Catholic relief in 1813.
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