1824 GEORGE IV PAUL STORR STERLING SILVER COFFEE JUG WITH HEATED STAND

Description

1824 GEORGE IV
PAUL STORR
STERLING SILVER
COFFEE JUG
with
HEATED STAND
by Paul Storr, England's most
celebrated silversmith of the
19th Century, with an uncommon
yet sumptuous nod to neo-
Rococo sensibilities rather
than a strict following of his
well-traveled Regency path...
a gorgeous coffee jug
of baluster
form, richly
decorated  with
flower-sprays,
scrolls, scales and
diaper work,
leafy cartouches
to each side,
the conforming
spout and lid
also with shell work,
a flower
finial to the latter
stand with spirit burner sits
on
three leaf-scroll and shell
feet united by flower sprays
approximate measurements
overall height:   12.75"
jug alone:  10.25"
spout to handle:  9.00"
width of jug:  5.75"
base foot2foot:  7.25"
weight:
2.17 kg
4.78 lbs.
76.48 oz.
69.7 troy oz
hallmarks in 3 locations
- near base of the coffee jug
- underside of the heating stand
- underside of heating element
(the last not shown)
PS
Paul Storr - maker
PASSAT
purity of silver - st
erling
UNCROWNED LEOPARD
London assay
1822-present
"i" CARTOUCHE
lower case letter year
1824
MALE PROFILE
duty mark George IV
(1822-1830)
inscription
in small engraved letters to
the base
of the coffee pot:
Whistler Fecit 11 Strand
this Whistler inscription is
recorded on a number of pcs.
by a variety of silversmiths;
one suggests that it refers to
Edward Whistler who owned a
shop at 11 Strand in London &
who added his name to better
quality pcs. as advertisement
condition
coffee jug and heated stand
are in excellent condition
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last image
shows another sterling silver
item that we are also currently
listing in a separate auction
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