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AN REGENCY SILVER PRESENTATION TEA TRAY
Lot 136 Property from the Estate of Benjamin F. Edwards III

AN REGENCY SILVER PRESENTATION TEA TRAY

MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1818

Closed19 October 2012

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AN REGENCY SILVER PRESENTATION TEA TRAY
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1818
Shaped oval, the rim decorated with acanthus, shells, and flowers, on four scroll, shell, and grapevine feet, the handles formed as acanthus and scrolls, the center field engraved with a coat-of-arms set within elaborate mantling surrounded by military standards and the figure of Minerva seated on the back of the British Lion, the field border engraved with two scenes, the first depicting a group of officers with military manoeuvres in the background, with one officer holding a treaty entitled "OATH OF BLOOD," the second scene depicting allegories of the family, the arts, and agriculture, the rim engraved with an inscription, marked on reverse
27¾ in. (70.5 cm.) long over handles; 150 oz. 10 dwt. (4,681 gr.)

Sotheby's, New York, 31 October 1991, lot 333
The Victor Niederhoffer Collection of Trophy and Presentation Silver, Sotheby's, New York, 15 December 1998, lot 154
M.S. Rau Antiques, New Orleans

Specialist note

The inscription reads, 'A SON EXCELLENCE ROBERT TOWNSHEND FARQUHAR L'ILE MAURICE RECONNOISSANTE. 1818,' which may be translated as, 'The Isle of Mauritius expresses gratitude to his Excellency Robert Townshend Farquhar.'

The arms are those of Farquhar impaling de Lautour, for Robert Townshend Farquhar (1776-1830) and his wife Marie Frances (d. 1875), fourth daughter and eventual co-heiress of Joseph Francoise-Louis de Lautour of Hexton House, Hertfordshire and Madras, whom he married in 1809.

See note to previous lot.