Lot 537
  • 537

A Pair of George IV Silver "Boars' Head" Sauce boats, Paul Storr, London, 1828

Estimate
40,000 - 45,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • fully marked and numbered 225
  • Silver
  • length 7 3/8 in.
  • 18.7cm
of fluted oval form applied with foliate scroll rim, engraved under spouts with contemporary crests, with leaf-capped double-scroll handles springing from shellwork, and raised on three shellwork scroll supports headed by heraldic boar heads and flowerheads

Provenance

Christie's, London, 11 May 1994, lot 174
Alastair Dickenson, London
Benjamin F. Edwards III, St. Louis, MO

Condition

small scratches from use, overall good condition, crisp decoration, nice weight
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