Lot Essay
The 1815 salt-cellar is identical in style and date to one in the Victoria and Albert Museum (M.330A-1923).
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PROPERTY OF A LADY
TWO GEORGE III SILVER-GILT SALT-CELLARS
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1809 AND 1815
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TWO GEORGE III SILVER-GILT SALT-CELLARS
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1809 AND 1815
One on four lion's mask and paw feet, the bombé body cast and chased with fruit and flower festoons, engraved below with initials G.L.W., marked underneath and stamped '73' ; the other with serpent feet and handles and egg-and-dart rim, engraved with crest and monogram, the base and liner with viscount's coronet, marked on base and liner, stamped '390' and '8; with two King's pattern spoons, engraved with crest and coronet, mark of William Schofield, London,1827
3 5/8 in. (10 cm.) and 4 3/8 in. (11.2 cm.) wide
26 oz. 13 dwt. (830 gr.)
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1809 AND 1815
One on four lion's mask and paw feet, the bombé body cast and chased with fruit and flower festoons, engraved below with initials G.L.W., marked underneath and stamped '73' ; the other with serpent feet and handles and egg-and-dart rim, engraved with crest and monogram, the base and liner with viscount's coronet, marked on base and liner, stamped '390' and '8; with two King's pattern spoons, engraved with crest and coronet, mark of William Schofield, London,1827
3 5/8 in. (10 cm.) and 4 3/8 in. (11.2 cm.) wide
26 oz. 13 dwt. (830 gr.)
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