A REGENCY SILVER-GILT TAZZA
Lot 104

A REGENCY SILVER-GILT TAZZA

MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1816

Closed19 October 2010

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A REGENCY SILVER-GILT TAZZA
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1816
Circular, the pedestal foot with quatrefoil border, the tazza with pierced oakleaf and acorn border, with reeded grapevine rim, the center applied with oakleaf and acorn calyx, the foot engraved with presentation inscription, Presented by Sir Robert Hartland of Orwell Park, Baronet, High Sherriff for the County of Suffolk, 1817, to his Chaplain Thomas Gery Cullum of Hardwick House; marked on foot and bowl, also with scratchweight 44 oz. 17 dwt., the base stamped RUNDELL BRIDGE ET RUNDELL AURIFICES REGIS ET PRINCIPIS WALLIAE REGENTIS BRITANNIAS
10½ in. (26.7 cm.) diameter; 45 oz. (1,434 gr.)

Sotheby's, New York, 23 October 2006, lot 163

Specialist note

Sir Thomas Gery Cullum (1741-1831) was a doctor, surgeon, and well-regarded writer of science and botany.