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A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER SOUP TUREENS, COVERS, LINERS AND STANDS FROM THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE`S GRAND SERVICE

Lot 15
01.07.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 15 | A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER SOUP TUREENS, COVERS, LINERS AND STANDS FROM THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S GRAND SERVICE
Estimate value
£ 500 000 – 800 000
A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER SOUP TUREENS, COVERS, LINERS AND STANDS FROM THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S GRAND SERVICE
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1820 AND 1821
The campana-shaped tureens each on spreading base applied with four detachable-cast scaly dolphins, the sculptural cast handles formed as a merman and a mermaid, the lower body cast with shellwork and with gadrooned sea-foam rim, the detachable domed covers with cast crustacea and vegetable handles, each applied twice with detachable cast coat-of-arms with duke's coronet above, with detachable plain liners, the shaped oval stands with boldly cast waved border simulating sea spray, with shaped scroll shell handles, each marked on cover, liner, under stand, under tureen, on finial, on dolphins and the four base fixing nuts, the applied coats-of-arms unmarked
the stands 21 ½ in. (54.5 cm.) wide
1,047 oz. 4 dwt. (32,573 gr.)
The arms are those of Cavendish quartering Boyle and Clifford for William, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790-1858), son of William, 5th Duke of Devonshire (1748-1811) and his wife Georgiana (1757-1806), daughter of John, 1st Earl Spencer (1734-1783). The 6th Duke was grandson of William, 4th Duke of Devonshire (1720-1764) and his wife Lady Charlotte Boyle, suo jure Baroness Clifford (1731-1754), an heiress who brought a considerable fortune to the Cavendish family.




Provenance

William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790-1858), by descent to his cousin,
William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire (1808-1891), by descent to his second son,
Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (1833-1908), by descent to his nephew,
Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (1868-1938), by descent to his son,
Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire (1895-1950), by descent to his second son,
Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire (1920-2004),
Highly Important Old English and French Silver from The Chatsworth Collection; Christie's, London, 25 June 1958, lot 24, when purchased by the owner's father.



Literature

Mss., Inventory of the Furniture...and Other Effects, at Devonshire House, 1892, folio 229, '2 soup tureens with figure handles'.
F. Davis, 'Historic Silver from Chatsworth', Country Life, 10 July 1958, p. 76, illustrated.
'International Saleroom', The Connoisseur, Sept. 1958, no. 571, p. 39, fig. 11.
M. Clayton, The Collector's Dictionary of Silver and Gold of Great Britain and North American, Woodbridge, 1971, p. 366, fig. 543.
M. A. Clark, Paul Storr Silver in American Collections, Indianapolis, 1972, p. 6.
C. Hartop, Art in Industry, The Silver of Paul Storr, Cambridge, 2015, p. 98.
Artist:Paul Storr (1770 - 1844)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Silver
Art style:Regency
Place of origin:England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Category:Tureens
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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