MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1817, THE FINIALS MARK OF JOHN TAPLEY

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A SET OF FOUR REGENCY SILVER ENTRÉE DISHES AND COVERS
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1817, THE FINIALS MARK OF JOHN TAPLEY
The dishes oblong with lobed sides, the rims cast with acanthus and shells at intervals, the sides engraved with a crest, the domed covers fluted and with a lower band of rosettes and acanthus, engraved on both sides with a coat-of-arms, and with heraldic finials, marked throughout and numbered one through four
11 ¾ in. (29.8 cm.) long
366 oz. 4 dwt. (11,388.8 gr.)
The arms and crest are those of Taylor almost certainly for John Taylor (1780-1848), of Strensham Court, co. Worcester, High Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1817.

Provenance

Almost certainly John Taylor (1780-1848), of Strensham Court, co. Worcester, High Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1817.
Acquired from S.J. Phillips Ltd., London, 4 July 1996.

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Lot Essay

John Taylor III (1780-1848), of Strensham Court, was the grandson of John Taylor I (1711-1775) of Bordesley Park, co. Warwick, who had made his fortune in Birmingham in the manufacture of buttons and snuffboxes. He established the Taylor and Lloyd bank in Birmingham with the Quaker Sampson Lloyd in 1765. It later became the international bank Lloyds, which still trades today. The entrée dishes were no doubt commissioned for John Taylor III’s year as High Sheriff of Worcestershire.

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