Silver - 27th October 2010

Lot 1384

A George III silver meat dish cover

Estimate £6,000 - £8,000 | Hammer £7200

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Description

A George III silver meat dish cover, by Paul Storr, London 1800, domed oval form, the handle modelled as a crest, beaded and gadroon borders, engraved with an armorial, length 54.5cm, together with a Victorian silver vension dish, Sheffield 1852 by T and N Creswick, oval form, central tree well, leaf capped scroll handles, on four scroll bracket feet, engraved with a crest, length of meat dish 59cm, approx. total weight 340oz. (2) The arms are of Tempest impaling Blundell., for the marriage in 1787 of Stephen Tempest (1756-1824) of Broughton Hall, Skipton, Yorkshire to Elizabeth Blundell (1757-1845) of Ince Blundell, Lancashire.