A PAIR OF REGENCY SILVER ENTREE DISHES AND COVERS ON PLATED WARMER STANDS

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A PAIR OF REGENCY SILVER ENTREE DISHES AND COVERS ON PLATED WARMER STANDS
LONDON, 1814, MAKER'S MARK OF PAUL STORR; THE STANDS CIRCA 1814

Each cushion-shaped, the gadrooned rim with acanthus and shells at intervals, the high domed cover chased with bands of fluting with acanthus and shells at the corners, surmounted by an elaborate lion maks and acanthus scroll handle issuing from a calyx of acanthus leaves, the body engraved front and back with a crest, the cover engraved front and back with a coat-of-arms within foliate mantling, marked on dishes, covers, calices and handles; the stands each part fluted with acanthus and shell handles, on four bun feet--12in. (30.5cm.) length
(156 oz.) (2)

拍品专文

The arms are those of Balfour impaling those of Maitland, as borne by James Balfour, 2nd son of John Balfour, 5th of Balbirnie by Ellen, daughter of James Gordon of Ellon. He married on January 19, 1815 Lady Eleanor Maitland, daughter of James, 8th Earl of Lauderdale and died in 1845.