A FINE GEORGE III SILVER SOUP TUREEN, COVER AND STAND

细节

A FINE GEORGE III SILVER SOUP TUREEN, COVER AND STAND
LONDON, 1807, MAKER'S MARK OF PAUL STORR

OF CIRCULAR FORM, RAISED ON FOUR MASSIVE SHELL AND SCROLL FEET HEADED BY ACANTHUS, THE REEDED ACANTHUS SCROLL AND SHELL HANDLES ISSUING FROM LION'S-MASKS, THE APPLIED GADROONED BORDER WITH ACANTHUS SCROLLS AT INTERVALS, THE DOMED COVER CHASED WITH A BAND OF DENTILATION AND SURMOUNTED BY A A GADROONED ACANTHUS SCROLL AND BEAD HANDLE ISSUING FROM ACANTHUS, THE SHAPED CIRCULAR STAND WITH SIMILAR GADROONED RIM WITH ACANTHUS SCROLLS AND FLOWERHEADS AT INTERVALS, WITH MASSIVE ACANTHUS SCROLL AND SHELL SIDE HANDLES, THE TUREEN AND STAND ENGRAVED FRONT AND BACK WITH BARON'S ARMORIALS, THE COVER WITH A CREST AND BARON'S CORONET, MARKED ON BODY, COVER, HANDLE AND STAND--LENGTH OF STAND 191/4IN. (48.9CM.)
(279 OZ.)

来源

A PRIVATE COLLECTOR, BARBADOS, WEST INDIES, SOTHEBY'S, NEW YORK, JUNE 17, 1981, LOT 79

拍品专文

THE ARMS ARE THOSE OF MANNERS-SUTTON IMPALING THOSE OF COPLEY, AS BORNE BY THOMAS MANNERS-SUTTON, BORN IN 1756. A LAWYER, HE WAS CHIEF JUSTICE OF NORTH WALES 1797-1802, SOLICITOR GENERAL TO THE PRINCE OF WALES IN 1800 AND SOLICITOR GENERAL 1802-1805.

IN 1807 HE CREATED BARON MANNERS OF FOSTON AND ON MAY 1 OF THAT YEAR APPOINTED LORD CHANCELLOR OF IRELAND, WHICH OFFICE HE HELD FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS. O'CONNELL SAID OF HIM "HE IS A BAD LAWYER, BUT THE MOST SENSIBLE LOOKING MAN TALKING NONSENSE I EVER SAW. FOSS REMARKED "HIS DECISIONS AS AN EQUITY JUDGE WERE HELD IN HIGH ESTIMATION". HE WAS POPULAR IN IRELAND AS A SPORTSMAN AND WELCOMED AT SHOOTING PARTIES, WHICH HE ATTENDED IN A CHANCELLOR'S THREE-CORNERED HAT AND THE GARB OF A PASTIME, A GREEN JACKET, A SCARLET WAISTCOAT, SILK BREECHES AND BLACK GATERS. [COMPLETE PEERAGE]

HE MARRIED IN 1803 ANNE, DAUGHTHER OF SIR JOSEPH COPLEY. SHE DIED IN 1814 AND HE MARRIED, AS HIS SECOND WIFE, JANE, DAUGHTER OF JAMES, 9TH BARON CAHER.