A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER TRIANGULAR VEGETABLE DISHES AND SHEFFIELD-PLATED STANDS FROM THE HAMILTON SERVICE
A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER TRIANGULAR VEGETABLE DISHES AND SHEFFIELD-PLATED STANDS FROM THE HAMILTON SERVICE

MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1806

Details
A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER TRIANGULAR VEGETABLE DISHES AND SHEFFIELD-PLATED STANDS FROM THE HAMILTON SERVICE
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1806
Each triangular, on Sheffield-plated stands, with three reeded handles with lion-head joins, with detachable liner, the triangular dishes with gadrooned borders and shells at intervals, the domed covers with gadrooning and triple scroll finials, the stands and dishes engraved with the Royal Badge, Garter motto and crown, the dishes also engraved with the Hamilton crest and Ducal cornet, the covers engraved with Royal arms and a Duke's armorials, each marked on dish and under cover
13 in. (33 cm.) wide; 132 oz. weighable silver (2)
Provenance
Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton (1767- 1852), thence by descent, sold by Direction of His Grace the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon; Sotheby Parke Bernet, Lenoxlove, 24 June 1980, lot 269.
Literature
Michael Clayton, The Collector's Dictionary of the Silver and Gold of Great Britain and North America, 2nd ed., 1985, illus. front cover and pl. 74.
Further details
ILLUSTRATION CAPTION

The 10th Duke of Hamilton, courtesy The National Portrait Gallery

Lot Essay

The arms are those of Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton and Brandon.


The 10th Duke of Hamilton entered politics in 1802 as a Whig and was appointed ambassador to the Court of St. Petersburg in 1806. Lord Lamington in the Days of the Dandies wrote of the Duke "Never was such a magnifico as the 10th Duke, the Ambassador to the Empress Catherine; when I knew him he was very old but held himself straight as any Grenadier. He was always dressed in a military laced undress coat, tights and Hessian boots &c." Lady Stafford mentions "his great coat, long Queue and Fingers cover'd with gold Rings". The Duke of Hamilton was appointed a Knight of the Garter in 1836 and was Lord High Steward at the coronations of William IV and Queen Victoria. He married in 1810 Susan Euphemia, daughter and heir of William Beckford.

The Hamilton service, one of Paul Storr's great dinner services, was commissioned on the appointment of the Duke of Hamilton as ambassador to the Russian court. In 1919, Christie's dispersed a large part of the service, comprising 278 pieces and weighing a total of 9513 oz. The present lot was sold in 1980. The scroll handles, as found on the present tureens, are a distinguishing feature of the service. A pair of sauce tureens and a pair of second course dishes with silver-plate covers sold in these Rooms, 30 October 1990, lot 174 and 27 October 1992, lot 236.


More from THE JOHN W. KLUGE MORVEN COLLECTION

View All
View All