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A PAIR OF GEORGE III WINE-COOLERS FROM THE PORTMAN SERVICE

Lot 62
06.07.2023 12:00UTC +00:00
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 62 | A PAIR OF GEORGE III WINE-COOLERS FROM THE PORTMAN SERVICE
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
A PAIR OF GEORGE III WINE-COOLERS FROM THE PORTMAN SERVICE

MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1811

Each campana shaped on spreading circular gadrooned foot, the lower part of the bodies chased with flutes and with two reeded lion's mask bracket handles, applied beneath the fluted lip with a band of anthemion, and in the centre with a coat-of-arms, the collars and plain liners engraved with crests, marked on bodies, collars and liners

10 1/8 in. (25.8 cm.) high

301 oz. 17 dwt. (7,332 gr.)

The arms are those of Portman quartering Berkeley impaling Hulse quartering Lethieullier, for Edward Berkeley Portman (1771-1823) and his second wife Mary, eldest daughter of Sir Edward Hulse Bt., whom he married in 1816.





Provenance

Edward Berkeley Portman (1771-1823).

The Lillian and Morrie Moss Collection, Memphis, Tennessee, by 1973.

President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines (1917-1989) and Mrs. Imelda Marcos (b.1929),

The Republic of the Philippines, Presidential Commission for Good Government; Christie’s, New York, 10 January 1991, lot 43.



Literature

M. A. Moss, The Lillian and Morrie Moss Collection of Paul Storr Silver, Miami, 1973, p. 154, p. 97
Artist:Paul Storr (1770 - 1844)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Silver
Art style:Regency
Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Category:Wine and champagne coolers
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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