Description
A George III silver honey skep and stand,
by Paul Storr, London 1799, the stand 1805,
conventional form with a ribbon-tied ring handle, pull off cover, detachable base, gilded interior, with a later glass liner, the circular stand with a ribbon and reed border, engraved with two crests, height 12cm, approx. weight 16oz. (2)
The arms are those of Godfrey impaling Chapman for Peter Godfrey of Old hall, East Bergholt, Suffolk. He married Catherine, daughter of Abel Chapman of Woodford, Essex in 1806. This followed the death in 1804 of Peter Godfrey's first wife, Arabella, daughter of Admiral Sir Joshua Rowley, Baronet.
