MAKER'S MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1815
Details
A set of eight George III silver salt cellars
maker's mark of Paul Storr, London, 1815
Shaped circular and on four lion's mask and paw feet, the bodies cast and chased with ribbon-tied floral garlands on matted ground, with gadrooned, shell and anthemion rim, engraved on the reverse with a crest, marked on reverse
4¾in. (12cm.) diam.
110ozs. (3,442grs.) (8)
maker's mark of Paul Storr, London, 1815
Shaped circular and on four lion's mask and paw feet, the bodies cast and chased with ribbon-tied floral garlands on matted ground, with gadrooned, shell and anthemion rim, engraved on the reverse with a crest, marked on reverse
4¾in. (12cm.) diam.
110ozs. (3,442grs.) (8)
Provenance
Lieut.-Gen. Robert Balfour of Balbirnie, co. Fife (d.1837) and thence by descent to
Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour K.G. (1848-1930)
The late Rt. Hon. Earl of Balfour, Christie's London, 16 July 1930, lot 36
Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour K.G. (1848-1930)
The late Rt. Hon. Earl of Balfour, Christie's London, 16 July 1930, lot 36