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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED NEW ENGLAND COLLECTION
A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER SALT-CELLARS
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1805
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A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER SALT-CELLARS
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1805
Each circular with gadrooned rims, the lower body flat-chased with leaf tips, raised on griffin supports and tripod base engraved with crest and earl's coronet, the bowl gilt, marked inside bowls and under bases, the interior of bowl and undersides numbered 1-4 and with scratch weights 13"13, 13"7, 12"11 and 13"1
2 ½ in. (6.4 cm.) high, 4 in. (10.2 cm.) wide; 51 oz. 12 dwt. (1,605 gr.)
The crest is that of Egerton, for John William Egerton, 7th Earl of Bridgewater (1753-1823). He was M.P. for Morpeth from 1777 to 1780 and for Brackley from 1780 to 1803. He resigned his seat on succeeding to the earldom on the death of his first cousin once removed, Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater in 1803.
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1805
Each circular with gadrooned rims, the lower body flat-chased with leaf tips, raised on griffin supports and tripod base engraved with crest and earl's coronet, the bowl gilt, marked inside bowls and under bases, the interior of bowl and undersides numbered 1-4 and with scratch weights 13"13, 13"7, 12"11 and 13"1
2 ½ in. (6.4 cm.) high, 4 in. (10.2 cm.) wide; 51 oz. 12 dwt. (1,605 gr.)
The crest is that of Egerton, for John William Egerton, 7th Earl of Bridgewater (1753-1823). He was M.P. for Morpeth from 1777 to 1780 and for Brackley from 1780 to 1803. He resigned his seat on succeeding to the earldom on the death of his first cousin once removed, Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater in 1803.
Provenance
John William Egerton, 7th Earl of Bridgewater (1753-1823).
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 23 June 1971, lot 67.
Dr John Constable (1927-2016), Massachusetts and thence by descent.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 23 June 1971, lot 67.
Dr John Constable (1927-2016), Massachusetts and thence by descent.