Description
A George III silver meat dish cover,
by Paul Storr, London 1801,
rectangular domed form, canted corners, gadroon border, the detachable reeded handle part marked, engraved with an armorial, length 27cm, approx. weight 30oz.
The arms are the Royal arms of George III incorporating the changes made with effect 1 January 1801 after, at Napoleon's insistence, Great Britain dropped its anachronistic claim to the Kingdom of France.
