A GEORGE III SILVER DESSERT-STAND, MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1812, RETAILED BY RUNDELL, BRIDGE AND RUNDELL

A GEORGE III SILVER DESSERT-STAND
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1812, RETAILED BY RUNDELL, BRIDGE AND RUNDELL
On incurved triangular base, the stand on three cast Neptune mask feet with applied fruit festoons between and central applied rosette, the stem formed as three maenads with thyrsi between and with a further applied rosette, supporting on their heads a ring with foliage and flower border, with detachable bowl with wirework and pierced foliage border, fully marked except one rosette and the nuts, the base further stamped 'RUNDELL BRIDGE ET RUNDELL AURIFICES REGIS ET PRINCIPIS WALLIAE REGENTIS LONDINI', the base and basket stamped '626'
12 ¾ in. (32 cm.) high
123 oz. 19 dwt. (3,855 gr.)

Provenance
Possibly Captain Edward George Spencer-Churchill, M.C. (1876-1964).
Possibly The Northwick Park Collection, the Property of the Late Captain E. G. Spencer-Churchill, M.C.; Christie's, London, 26 May 1965, lot 79.