A GEORGE III SILVER SOUP-TUREEN, COVER AND STAND, MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1805
A GEORGE III SILVER SOUP-TUREEN, COVER AND STAND
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1805
The oval tureen with a vertically-fluted upper band, the gadrooned foot resting on a plain plinth with four sphinx feet, the rising cover with flat top and beaded border, all the handles reeded with lion's mask terminals, the stand with foliate scroll handles and with gadrooned and beaded borders, the tureen applied with two coats-of-arms, marked in plinth, on cover's bezel, on beaded borders, and underneath the stand
the stand 20 ½ in. (52 cm.) long
325 oz. 15 dwt. (10,132 gr.)
The arms are those of Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk (b. 1771, succ. 1799), who married in 1807 Joan, daughter of James Wedderburn-Colvile, of Inveresk.
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION LOTS 124-198
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A GEORGE III SILVER SOUP-TUREEN, COVER AND STAND
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1805
The oval tureen with a vertically-fluted upper band, the gadrooned foot resting on a plain plinth with four sphinx feet, the rising cover with flat top and beaded border, all the handles reeded with lion's mask terminals, the stand with foliate scroll handles and with gadrooned and beaded borders, the tureen applied with two coats-of-arms, marked in plinth, on cover's bezel, on beaded borders, and underneath the stand
the stand 20 ½ in. (52 cm.) long
325 oz. 15 dwt. (10,132 gr.)
The arms are those of Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk (b. 1771, succ. 1799), who married in 1807 Joan, daughter of James Wedderburn-Colvile, of Inveresk.
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION LOTS 124-198