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A WILLIAM IV SILVER ENTREE DISH AND COVER
Lot 109

A WILLIAM IV SILVER ENTREE DISH AND COVER

MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1836

Closed19 October 2012

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A WILLIAM IV SILVER ENTREE DISH AND COVER
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1836
Ashburnham pattern, shaped circular, chased with honeycomb pattern and small blossoms on a matted ground, the domed cover with conforming decoration and knop finial, the dish and cover each applied with a coat-of-arms, the dish marked under base, on cover, and on nut, also engraved with inventory number 4 and the scratch weight 42=7
14 in. (35.5 cm.) diameter; 72 oz. 10 dwt. (2,259 gr.)

Christie's, London, 24 March 1914, lot 127 (part)
Sotheby's, New York, 26 March 2008, lot 252

Specialist note

The arms are those of Ashburnham for Bertram, 4th Earl of Ashburnham (1797-1878), who succeeded his father in 1830. He married in Catherine Charlotte, daughter of George Baillie, in 1840.

This dish belonged to the extensive silver dinner service commissioned by the 4th Earl from Paul Storr in 1836 and 1837, which was the first of its kind with Islamic-inspired geometric decoration. With its distinctive honeycomb surface, the design came to be known as "Ashburnham Pattern," and was frequently copied in the 19th and early 20th centuries.