A WILLIAM IV SILVER LARGE SALVER, PAUL STORR, RETAILED BY STORR & MORTIMER, LONDON, 1834
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A WILLIAM IV SILVER LARGE SALVER, PAUL STORR, RETAILED BY STORR & MORTIMER, LONDON, 1834
octafoil with ribbon-bound reeded rim, on four asymmetrical scroll feet, the surface engraved with arms in a rococo cartouche, the back with prize inscriptions for 1901, 1903, and 1904 from the Altear Coursing Club
marked on back and stamped 311
126 oz
3918.6 g
diameter 21 in.
53.3 cm
Christie's, New York, October 17, 1996, lot 233
The arms are those of Fawcett, as borne by Christopher John Foyle Fawcett of Somerford Keynes, Wiltshire and of Branton and Bingfield, Northumberland. He served as High Sheriff of the latter in 1885 and died unmarried in 1904.
A Paul Storr octafoil tray of the same design and year, but with handles, sold Christie's, New York, October 23, 2000, lot 353. It was formerly in the Lillian and Morrie Moss Collection of Paul Storr Silver, cat. p. 88 pl. 30.