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A GEORGE III SILVER JUG
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A GEORGE III SILVER JUG

MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1810

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A GEORGE III SILVER JUG
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1810
Of Etruscan form, applied with oak leaf cartouche on both sides, the neck applied with running grapevine, the bi-furcated scroll handle terminating in a mask of Jupiter, hinged cover, engraved with crest, marked to underside
7 ½ in. (19 cm.) high
28 oz. 14 dwt. (894 gr.)

Specialist note

The present form is based on Roman vessels. N.M. Penzer notes that the handles were designed by John Flaxman. A nearly identical pair were made in the same year as the present lot for the Prince Regent and formerly in his possession. (N.M. Penzer, Paul Storr 1771-1844, London, 1954, p. 142.)