A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER-GILT BASKETS
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1803
Circular, each with wirework side and twisted wire border and handle, on elongated foot chased with basketwork, engraved with a coat-of-arms, each marked underneath
6¼ in. (16 cm.) high
14¼ in. (36 cm.) wide over handles
73 oz. (2,271 gr.)
The arms are those of Grant, possibly assumed or unofficial arms for a family related to the the Grants of Corrimony, Inverness, whose offical arms are matriculated in coat-of-arms of 1672-7 as "Gules three Antique Crowns Or within a Bordure checky Or and Gules" with a crest of "On a Wreath of the Colours A demi Savage proper". (2)
A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER-GILT BASKETS
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1803
Circular, each with wirework side and twisted wire border and handle, on elongated foot chased with basketwork, engraved with a coat-of-arms, each marked underneath
6¼ in. (16 cm.) high
14¼ in. (36 cm.) wide over handles
73 oz. (2,271 gr.)
The arms are those of Grant, possibly assumed or unofficial arms for a family related to the the Grants of Corrimony, Inverness, whose offical arms are matriculated in coat-of-arms of 1672-7 as "Gules three Antique Crowns Or within a Bordure checky Or and Gules" with a crest of "On a Wreath of the Colours A demi Savage proper". (2)
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