A SET OF EIGHT FINE GEORGE IV SILVER SALT CELLARS

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A SET OF EIGHT FINE GEORGE IV SILVER SALT CELLARS
LONDON, 1821, MAKER'S MARK OF PAUL STORR

EACH OF SHAPED CIRCULAR FORM, RAISED ON THREE ACANTHUS SCROLL FEET HEADED BY EAGLES, THE SIDES ELABORATELY REPOUSSE AND CHASED WITH FOLIATE SCROLLS, FLOWERHEADS AND ANIMAL MASKS ON A MATTED GROUND, APPLIED WITH AN ASYMMETRICAL CARTOUCHE ENGRAVED WITH A COAT-OF-ARMS, THE APPLIED GADROONED RIM WITH ACANTHUS SCROLLS AND ROCAILLE AT INTERVALS, WITH REMOVABLE LINERS ENGRAVED WITH A CREST, MARKED UNDER BASES AND ON LINERS--3 7/8IN. (9.7CM.) DIAM.
(138 OZ. 10 DWT.) (8)

来源

COLONEL CARRICK BUCHANAN, CHRISTIE'S, LONDON, JUNE 27, 1979, LOT 84 (SIX)
SOTHEBY'S, NEW YORK, APRIL 20-23, 1983, LOT 265 (FOUR)

拍品专文

THE ARMS ARE THOSE OF BUCHANAN QUARTERLY WITH THOSE OF LENY, FOR DAVID BUCHANAN, OF DRUMPELLIER AND MOUNTVERNON, LANARKSHIRE, BORN IN 1760. HE MARRIED ON MAY 29, 1788, MARION, DAUGHTER OF JAMES GILLIAM OF MOUNT ALTA, VIRGINIA. HE ASSUME THE ADDITIONAL SURNAME OF CARRICK ON BEING LEFT PROPERTY BY ROBERT CARRICK, BANKER OF GLASGOW. HE DIED IN 1827.