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A SUITE OF THREE GEORGE III SILVER MEAT DISHES
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1811 (2), 1816 (1)
In sizes, all shaped oval with gadrooned rims, double-shells flanked by
acanthus at intervals, the largest engraved on the border with a coat-of-arms,
crest and motto, the medium and smallest engraved on the border with
another coat-of-arms within acanthus mantling, marked on undersides, the two
smaller dated 1811, the largest dated 1816
21 in. (53.3 cm.) long, the large
237 oz. 18 dwt. (7,399 gr.) (3)
$10,000-15,000
PROVENANCE:
The largest: Property from the Estate of John Cator Esq., Late of
Woodbastwick Hall, Norwich; Sotheby's, London, 22 May 1946, lot 128.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 11 February 1982, lot 275.
Property of a Collector; Christie's, New York, 17 April 1996, lot 141.
The arms on the largest dish are those of Cator impaling Mahon, for
John Barwell Cator (1781-1858) of Beckenham Place, Blackheath and
Woodbastwick Hall, Norfolk and his wife Elizabeth Louisa Mahon, daughter
of Sir Ross Mahon 1st Bt. (d.1835) of Castlegar, co. Galway, whom he married
in 1806.
The arms on the two smaller dishes and those of Hobson of Spaling, co.
Lincoln.

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