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A WILLIAM IV SILVER-GILT WARWICK STYLE BOWL, PAUL STORR FOR STORR & MORTIMER, LONDON, 1830
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October 20, 02:12 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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A WILLIAM IV SILVER-GILT WARWICK STYLE BOWL, PAUL STORR FOR STORR & MORTIMER, LONDON, 1830
with square base, border of horse heads resting on sheaves of grain, grapevine borders
marked inside base, base rim stamped STORR & MORTIMER
112 oz
3483 g
diameter 11½ in.
29.5 cm
This design follows the Roman marble Warwick Vase, but the substitution of horse heads for the classical masks of the original suggests the model was designed to be a race trophy. Another Storr bowl of this design was used as an Ascot Heath race prize in 1827, and is now in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, illus. N. M. Penzer, Paul Storr, p. 216, pl. LXIX.