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Lot 129
  • 129

A Set of Six George III Silver Soup Plates, Paul Storr, London, 1809

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on undersides
  • silver
  • diameter 10 3/8 in.
  • 26.6cm
shaped ribbon-tied reeded rims with grapevine at intervals, engraved with slightly later arms and crests, one later mounted on a pedestal foot

Provenance

The arms are those of Curzon-Howe probably for Richard William Penn (1821-1870), 1st Earl Howe, created 1821, married in 1820 Harriet Georgiana, second daughter of Robert, 6th Earl of Cardigan, who died in 1836.  He married secondly in 1845 Anne, second daughter of Admiral Sir John Gore. 

Condition

as noted re later foot, good condition
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