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Lot Essay
The arms are those of Alexander impaling Yorke, for Du Pre, 2nd Earl of Caledon K.P. and his wife Catherine (d.1863), daughter of Philip, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke (1757-1834), whom he married in 1811. Lord Caledon was one of the Irish Representative Peers and was both His Majesty's Lieutenant in co. Tyrone and Colonel of the Tyrone Militia. He was appointed the first Governor of the Cape of Good Hope when it was ceded to Britain in 1806.
This dish and mazarine formed part of an extensive dinner service by Paul Storr, commissioned following the marriage of the 2nd Earl. Forty-eight dinner plates and eighteen soup plates from the same service were sold Christie's, New York, 19 October 1988, lots 99-103, four graduated meat dishes were sold, Christie's, London, 11 July 1990, lot 124 and a fine pair of wine coolers sold Christie's, New York, 21 October 2011.
This dish and mazarine formed part of an extensive dinner service by Paul Storr, commissioned following the marriage of the 2nd Earl. Forty-eight dinner plates and eighteen soup plates from the same service were sold Christie's, New York, 19 October 1988, lots 99-103, four graduated meat dishes were sold, Christie's, London, 11 July 1990, lot 124 and a fine pair of wine coolers sold Christie's, New York, 21 October 2011.