A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER MAZARINES

MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1811

Details

A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER MAZARINES
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1811
Each oval and on four bun feet, pierced with foliage and quatrefoils, engraved with a coat-of-arm, stamped '477' under rim
18 ½ in. (47 cm.) wide
143 oz. 6 dwt. (4457 gm.)

Provenance

Sir William Earle Welby, 2nd Bt. (1768-1852) and his wife Wilhelmina (d.1847) and then by descent.

Lot Essay

The arms are those of Welby quartering Towers with Spry quartering another in pretence for Sir William Earle Welby, 2nd Bt. (1768-1852) and his wife Wilhelmina (d.1847), daughter and heir of William Spry, Governor of Barbados and his wife Katherine Cholmeley, whom he married in 1792.

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