Marks Antiques
Mayfair, London
A WILLIAM IV SILVER SIDEBOARD DISH
the border PAUL STORR for STORR & MORTIMER
LONDON, 1831
The central plaque GERMAN, DATED 1759
Shaped oblong, the boldly embossed and chased border incurved at the angle, decorated with honeysuckle sprays and grotesque masks below bold gadroons, the central plaque chased with a woodland setting of Adonis leaving Venus, putti and doves in attendance
Width 34 in, 86.4 cm
Paul Storr
retailed by Storr & Mortimer
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The border engraved with the arms of Craven, probably for William, 2nd Earl of Craven (1809-1866), Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire, Recorder of Coventry, and High Steward of Newbury. He married on 5 September 1835 Lady Emily Mary Grimston (d.1901), second daughter of the 1st Earl of Verulam.
The reverse of the border engraved: 'This Border weighing 80oz 18dwt was made to receive an Old Chased Plate of Unknown Assay.'
The reverse of the plaque engraved: 'Beyde Platten M.8.7.3. 1759'