Noble & Private Collections including Property from the Earl of Home

A Victorian silver wine cooler, Paul Storr, London, 1838

Auction Closed

May 22, 05:01 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Inverted baluster form, on four scroll feet with exuberant acanthus leaf and fruiting vine brackets, the handles formed as entwined vine branches, the rim as ribbon-tied reeds with vine ornament, engraved with a coat-of-arms, with removable liner, hallmarked on the side of the body and the liner, the base stamped Storr & Mortimer.

The arms are for Francis Baring (1800-1868), from 1864 3rd Baron Ashburton, and his wife Hortense Claire Maret (1812-1882) daughter of Hugues-Bernard Maret (1763-1839), Duc de Bassano of Bourg, France.

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