A SILVER GEORGE III HONEY POT
Lot 151 PROPERTY OF A MID-WESTERN FAMILY

A SILVER GEORGE III HONEY POT

MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1797

Closed19 October 2012

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USD 21,250

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A SILVER GEORGE III HONEY POT
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1797
Of bee-skep form, the detachable cover with ring finial, the disk of finial engraved with a crest, marked on base and cover bezel
4¾ in. (11.9 cm.) high; 6 oz. (192 gr.)

Specialist note

Other bee-skep form honey pots by Paul Storr include: one sold Christie's, New York, 26 October 2007, lot 165; one from 1798 sold Christie's, New York, 19 October 2010, lot 121; and one from 1798, illustrated in Morrie Moss, The Lillian and Morrie Moss Collection of Paul Storr Silver, 1972, pl. 112