Live Auction 16270The Collector: English and European 18th and 19th Century Furniture, Ceramics, Silver & Works of Art
A GEORGE III SILVER SUGAR BASKET
Lot 24 Property from the Collection of Robert and Ellen Gutenstein

A GEORGE III SILVER SUGAR BASKET

MARK OF PAUL STORR, 1801

Closed23 October 2018

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USD 2,000

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A GEORGE III SILVER SUGAR BASKET
MARK OF PAUL STORR, 1801
Bellied circular, raised on a square plinth, with gadrooned rim and reeded swing handle, engraved on one side with a crest and Earl's coronet, the other side with another crest, marked to base rim, handle with lion passant
5 ½ in. (14 cm.) in diameter, 14 oz. 14 dwt. (457 gr.)

Acquired MS Rau Antiques, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 2005.

Specialist note

The crest beneath an earl’s coronet is that of Jervis for Admiral John Jervis, 1st Earl St. Vincent (1735-1823), GCB. Jervis, joined the navy on his fourteenth birthday and was steadly promoted. During the French Wars he commanded the Mediterranean and Channel Fleets and was known as a stern disciplinarian. He was a full Admiral by 1795 and on February 14, 1797 his squadron defeated the Spanish fleet off Cape St. Vincent, for which victory he was made an Earl and awarded a pension of £3,000. He was promoted to Admiral of the Fleet on George IV's coronation in 1821. Several examples bearing his arms were sold in the Doris Duke Collection sale, Christie’s, New York, 2004.