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Paul Storr (Westminster 1771 - Tooting 1844)
Price On Request A Magnificent George III Tea UrnSilver London, 1816. With Lion masks and drop ring handles. The half flutes with bats wing ends. Bearing the coat-of-arms of Grant of Gatinberg Height: 39cm, 15.3in Weight: 2,920g, 93ozs 16dwtArtist Biography:Son of Thomas Storr of Westminster, first silver-chaser later innkeeper, born 1771. Apprenticed c'1785 to Andrew Fogelberg of Church Street, Soho, at which Storr's first separate mark is also entered. First mark entered as plateworker, in partnership with William Frisbee, 2 May 1792. Address: 5 Cock Lane, Snow Hill. Second mark alone, 12 January 1793. Address: 30 Church Street, Soho. Third mark, 27 April 1793. Fourth 8 August 1794. Moved to 20 Air Street, 8 October 1796, (where Thomas Pitts had worked till 1793). Fifth mark, 29 November 1799. Sixth, 21 August 1807. Address 53 Dean Street, Soho. Seventh, 10 February 1808. Ninth, 21 October 1813. Tenth, 12 September 1817. Moved to Harrison Street, Gray's Inn Road, 4 March 1819, after severing his connection with Rundell, Bridge and Rundell. Eleventh mark, 2 September 1883. Address: 17 Harrison Street. Twelfth and last mark, 2 September 1833. Heal records him in partnership with Frisbee and alone at Cock Lane in 1792, and at the other addresses and dates above, except Harrison Street. Storr married in 1801, Elizabeth Susanna Beyer of the Saxon family of piano and organ builders of Compton Street, by whom he had ten children. He retired in 1838, to live in Hill House in Tooting. He died 18 March 1844 and is buried in Tooting Churchyard. His will, proved 3 April 1844, shows an estate of £3000. A memorial to him in Otely Church, Suffolk was put up by his son Francis the then incumbent of the parish. For full details of Storr's relationship with Rundell, Bridge and Rundell please...
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Robert Hennell
US$9,307.22
A Rare Form Victorian Claret JugSilver & glass London, 1862 Maker's mark of Robert Hennell Height: 14.2in, 36cm
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Thomas Heming
Price On Request A Set of Four George II Wine CoolersSilver-gilt London, 1769 Maker's mark of the Royal Goldsmith Thomas Heming Height: 17cm, 6.6in Weight: 5,860g, 187ozs The arms are those Carroll or O'Carroll of Ireland, descended from Sir Maolroona O'Carroll, Chief of His Name, knighted in 1603. charles Carroll or Carrolton was a wealthy Maryland planter and last survivng...
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William Burwash
Price On Request The Talbot Wine CoastersAn exceptional set of eight George III wine coasters Silver-gilt London, 1817, Maker’s mark of William Burwash These are an important set of eight silver-gilt wine coasters made in London in 1817 for Charles-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot (1777-1849). Talbot was heavily involved in the organizing of a volunteer force for Staffordshire to see off...
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Anthony Nelme
Price On Request A Charles II Easel MirrorSilver & Wood London, 1679 Maker’s mark of Anthony Nelme 61cm., 24in. high The plain rectangular frame with cast floral and foliate details at the angles, the mantle embossed with scrolls and two cherubs above an elaborate engraved ribbon-tied leaf cartouche and coat-of-arms, wood back and easel support Artist Biography:Anthony Nelme, son of...
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Digby Scott & Benjamin Smith
Price On Request A Pair of George III Salt CellarsSilver London 1804 Maker’s mark of Digby Scott & Benjamin Smith Height: 9.2 cm Weight: 35 ounces Engraved with a crest to the base of the stand. In the Egyptian style, each circular, on circular base with three bracket feet, the circular bowl with waterleaf rim, set on three sphinx monopods...
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William Fountain
Price On Request A George III Roccoco SalverProvenance: The arms are those of Trafford quartering others. Shaped circular and on four panther capped paw feet, the openwork border cast as fruiting grapevines and with masks at intervals, chased with foliage scrolls and flowers on a matted ground and engraved with a coat-of-arms. Diameter: 18 in (45.8 cm) Weight: 4,784 g...
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Edward Feline
Price On Request A Pair of George II SauceboatsProvenance: The crest is that of Bate(s) of Suffolk and Sussex. London 1735 by Edward Feline Part fluted oval form, with a wavy rim border, leaf capped scroll handle, the whole on three lion mask and paw feet, engraved with a crest. Weight: 28 oz (870 g) Length: 7 ½ in (19...
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Alexander Johnston
Price On Request A pair of George II silver Candlesticks, London 1751Height: 26 1/2 cm Weight: 1,480 g (48 oz) The form and decoration of these candlesticks is most unusual for the period and shows a strong French influence. The silversmith has been entirely successful in his use of lively swirling flutes and a delicate band of guilloche around the...
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Benjamin Brancker
Price On Request A Rare George II silver Coffee Pot, Liverpool circa 1720Height: 22.8 cm (9 inches) Weight: 25 oz gross The tapering circular section body with a stepped moulded foot, with a facetted spout and a later carved wood handle, engraved with a crest, the domed cover with a baluster finial. The crest, two lions paws, erect and erased,...
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Anthony Nelme
Price On Request A William III silver-gilt Tazza, London 1701Diameter: 13 ½ inches (34.2 cm) Weight: 52 ounces (1,631 grams) Circular, on slightly domed pedestal foot, with moulded border, the centre engraved with two coats-of-arms accollé within foliate, strapwork and grotesque mask mantling. The arms are those of Grenville accollé with Leofric quartering Temple, for Richard Grenville (1678-1727) and his...
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E.C
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A Rare Charles II GobletSilver London, 1677. Height: 9.5cm, 3.7in Weight: 86g, 2.7ozs
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Augustine Courtauld
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A George I Large Two-Handle CupSilver London 1724 Maker's mark of Augustine Courtald Bearing the Arms of Whitam, then Ashley Cooper, Early of Shaftsbury
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