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A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER WINE COOLERS
Lot 133 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION 

A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER WINE COOLERS

MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1823

Closed19 May 2010

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A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER WINE COOLERS
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1823
Each baluster, the spiral-fluted body with alternating matte panels, with two heraldic crest handles and grapevine borders, engraved on either side with a coat-of-arms, with a silver-plated liner and collar, marked under bases
11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high; 192 oz. (5,979 gr.) (2)

Christie's, London, 28 March 1984, lot 251

Specialist note

The arms are those of Thompson for Richard Thompson, Esq., of Kirby Hall, Yorkshire, who married in 1803, Elizabeth, daughter of John Turton, of Sugnall Hall, Staffordshire. The handles are in the form of the Thompson crest.