A GEORGE III SILVER SOUP TUREEN, COVER AND STAND

MAKER'S MARK OF WILLIAM FOUNTAIN, LONDON 1806

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A GEORGE III SILVER SOUP TUREEN, COVER AND STAND
Maker's mark of William Fountain, London 1806
The stand shaped oval with leaf and gadroon rim border and acanthus scroll handles, the raised field with beaded band and engraved with armorials, the tureen shaped oblong on four shell and scroll feet with acanthus joins, the body engraved on each sides with armorials, the domed cover with gadrooned band, engraved with a crest on each side and surmounted by a loop handle with acanthus joins, with bifurcating leaf-clad reeded side handles, marked under stand, tureen and on cover
The stand 21in. (53.2cm.) long; 273oz. 10dwt. (8511gr.)

Sale room notice

The stand belonging to this tureen bears the maker's mark of Paul Storr with London hallmarks for the same year, 1806. There is evidence that Paul Storr and William Fountain collaborated in this period, and this tureen and stand appear to be one of their productions. Two identical cake baskets of 1802 are marked respectively by Storr and Fountain (private collection), further suggesting that Storr and Fountain may have shared a workshop or suppliers at this date.

Lot Essay

The arms are those of Kinnaird impaling Fitzgerald, as borne by Charles, 8th Baron Kinnaird (1780-1826) of Perth, who married Lady Olivia Letitia Catherine Fitzgerald, youngest daughter of William Robert, 2nd Duke of Leinster in 1806. The present soup tureen was evidently part of their wedding plate. Lord Kinnaird was one of the representative peers of Scotland 1806-1807.