A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT EWER AND STAND, MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1816
A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT EWER AND STAND
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1816
Tapering and on spreading foot with ovolo band, the shoulder with band of diaperwork heightened with applied masks, with insulated handle and egg-and dart-border, the stand similarly decorated and on four cast shell and foliage feet, engraved on the body and stand with a coat-of-arms, marked underneath and near handle, in later fitted mahogany finish case
16 ¼ in. (41.2 cm.) high
gross weight 113 oz. (3,518 gr.)
The arms are those of Farquhar impaling another, almost certainly the assumed arms of Rockcliffe, for Sir Walter Farquhar 2nd Bt. (1775-1836) and his wife Sybella Martha (d.1869), daughter of the Rev. Morton Rockcliffe, whom he married in 1803. Sir Walter succeeded his father in 1819. It has been previously suggested these arms, also engraved on a pair of wine coolers by Matthew Boulton, 1801, are for the first baronet, however it is unlikely he would have commissioned the current piece as a widower aged 81. No arms are recorded for Rockcliffe and the arms as engraved here are not recorded in the records of the College of Arms.
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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 496 AND 497)
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A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT EWER AND STAND
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1816
Tapering and on spreading foot with ovolo band, the shoulder with band of diaperwork heightened with applied masks, with insulated handle and egg-and dart-border, the stand similarly decorated and on four cast shell and foliage feet, engraved on the body and stand with a coat-of-arms, marked underneath and near handle, in later fitted mahogany finish case
16 ¼ in. (41.2 cm.) high
gross weight 113 oz. (3,518 gr.)
The arms are those of Farquhar impaling another, almost certainly the assumed arms of Rockcliffe, for Sir Walter Farquhar 2nd Bt. (1775-1836) and his wife Sybella Martha (d.1869), daughter of the Rev. Morton Rockcliffe, whom he married in 1803. Sir Walter succeeded his father in 1819. It has been previously suggested these arms, also engraved on a pair of wine coolers by Matthew Boulton, 1801, are for the first baronet, however it is unlikely he would have commissioned the current piece as a widower aged 81. No arms are recorded for Rockcliffe and the arms as engraved here are not recorded in the records of the College of Arms.
Special Notice
These lots have been imported from outside the EU for sale using a Temporary Import regime. Import VAT is payable (at 5%) on the Hammer price. VAT is also payable (at 20%) on the buyer’s Premium on a VAT inclusive basis. When a buyer of such a lot has registered an EU address but wishes to export the lot or complete the import into another EU country, he must advise Christie's immediately after the auction.
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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 496 AND 497)
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