
Property of a Private West Coast Collector
Lot Closed
October 17, 05:05 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A Set of Twelve George III Silver Soup Plates, Paul Storr, London, 1800
with plain gadroon borders, with later engraved crest, baron’s coronet, and JMP monogram, marked on bases and engraved with scratch weights and numbered 1 to 12
234 oz
7277 g
diameter 9 3/4 in.
24.92 cm
The crest and monogram are those of Poynder for John and his wife Mary of Montague Place, Russell Square, London, 1st Baron Islington, 1866-1936, politician and Governor of New Zealand . His uncle, Thomas Poynder Jr. was Treasurer of Christ’s Hospital 1824-35 and responsible for architectural improvements. The key on his crest was added as an acknowledgement of this position.
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