Live Auction 2273The William F. Reilly Collection
Christie’s roundel
Lot 95

A SET OF TWO REGENCY SILVER MEAT DISHES FROM THE BATTENBERG SERVICE

MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1811

Closed14 October 2009

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A SET OF TWO REGENCY SILVER MEAT DISHES FROM THE BATTENBERG SERVICE
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1811
Each shaped oval, the gadrooned border with acanthus at intervals, the border engraved with accolé coat-of-arms and a crest, each marked on reverse, also stamped with numbers 354 and 299
The larger 18 in. (45.7 cm.) long, the smaller 15¼ in. (38.7 cm.) long; 112 oz. 10 dwt. (3,499 gr.) (2)

A Private collector; Christie's, New York, 17 October 1996, lot 285.

Specialist note

The arms are those of Battenberg accolé with the Royal arms of Great Britain with those of Saxony on an escutcheon of pretence, as borne by Prince Henry Maurice of Battenberg, KG, and his wife, Princess Beatrice, 5th daughter of Queen Victoria. They were married in 1885.