Live Auction 17140The Collector: English & European 18th & 19th Century Furniture, Ceramics, Silver & Works of Art
A SET OF TWELVE REGENCY SILVER SOUP PLATES FROM THE BATTENBURG SERVICE
Lot 21

A SET OF TWELVE REGENCY SILVER SOUP PLATES FROM THE BATTENBURG SERVICE

MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1811 (8), 1810 (4),

Closed9 April 2019

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A SET OF TWELVE REGENCY SILVER SOUP PLATES FROM THE BATTENBURG SERVICE
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1811 (8), 1810 (4),
Shaped circular, the gadrooned rims with acanthus leaf-tips at intervals, border engraved with accolé coat-of-arms with royal coronet above, marked on undersides, 1810 plates further stamped 3, 1811 plates stamped Z
10 1/8 in. (25.6 cm.)
280 oz. 16 dwt. (8,733 gr.)

H.R.H. Henry, Prince of Battenburg K.G. (1858-1896) and thence to his wife
H.R.H. Princess Beatrice (1857-1944); Christie's, London, 4 May 1932.

Specialist note

The arms are those of Battenberg accolé with the Royal arms of Great Britain with those of Saxony on an escutcheon of pretence, as borne by Prince Henry of Battenberg K.G., and his wife, Princess Beatrice, fifth daughter of Queen Victoria, whom he married in 1885.
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