A FINE SET OF TWENTY-FOUR GEORGE III SILVER DINNER PLATES FROM THE BALFOUR SERVICE

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A FINE SET OF TWENTY-FOUR GEORGE III SILVER DINNER PLATES FROM THE BALFOUR SERVICE

MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1810

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A FINE SET OF TWENTY-FOUR GEORGE III SILVER DINNER PLATES FROM THE BALFOUR SERVICE
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1810
Each circular with gadrooned border with shell and acanthus at intervals and palmettes between, engraved on the border with a coat-of-arms, each marked on reverse
10½ in. (26 cm.) diameter; 550 oz. 10 dwt. (17,122 gr.) (24)

Provenance

Christie's, London, 16 July 1930, lot 45 (part)

Literature

N M Penzer, Paul Storr, 1771-1844, Silversmith and Goldsmith, 1954, p.254

Special notice

No sales tax is due on the purchase price of this lot if it is picked up or delivered in the State of New York.

Lot Essay

The arms are those of Balfour impaling those of Maitland, as borne by James Balfour (d.1845) of Balbirnie, Fife, who married Eleanor Maitland (1790-1869), daughter of James, 8th Earl of Lauderdale.

These dinner plates, and the soup plates in the following lot, were part of a dinner service of 191 pieces, with a total weight of 7,284 oz.

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