Coaster
Paul Storr (1771-1844)
Category
Silver
Date
1814 - 1815
Materials
Silver-gilt, sterling, wood, baize
Measurements
8.4 x 13.6 cm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 516460.1
Summary
A wine coaster (from a set of three), silver-gilt (sterling), wood, and baize, mark of Paul Storr, for Rundell, Bridge & Rundell, London, 1814/5. The cylindrical coaster has openwork sides cast in two sections, soldered and finely chased with reclining figures of young Dionysus with his thyrsus gazing upon sleeping lionesses, beneath vine leaves and grapes. An everted cast reed and ribbon border is soldered to the rim, and a cast border of acanthus leaves is soldered to the base. The interior has a flat silver-gilt base engraved with a coat of arms. The turned wood base is held to the sides by an undecorated flange which tucks beneath the wood, which is partially covered with green baize. Heraldry: The arms, crest and supporters are those of BINGHAM quartering SARSFIELD and TURBERVILL, almost certainly for Field Marshall Sir George Charles Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan after 1839; or his younger brother, the Hon Richard Camden Bingham. Scratch weight: None
Full description
See Master Object entry for further information
Provenance
Either Field Marshall Sir George Charles Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan (1800-1888) or The Hon. Richard Camden Bingham (1801-1872) (Urban) Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Baron Fairhaven (1896-1966) bequeathed by Lord Fairhaven to the National Trust along with the house and the rest of the contents National Trust
Credit line
Anglesey Abbey, the Fairhaven Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
On the flange: Hallmarks: ‘PS’ (Paul Storr*), lion passant (sterling), leopard’s head (London), ‘T’ (1814/5) and monarch’s head (duty mark) *Arthur Grimwade: London Goldsmiths 1697-1837, London, 1990, p 163, no 2235 On the inner base: Hallmarks: ‘PS’, lion passant and monarch’s head On the flange: Description: Retailer’s/manufacturer’s stamp: ‘RUNDELL BRIDGE ET RUNDELL AURIFICES REGIS AND PRINCIPIS WALLIAE REGENTIS BRITANNIAS’ On the underside of the base: Old NT Inventory Number: ‘AA/S/69a’ On the underside of the base: Current NT Inventory Number: ‘516460.1’
Makers and roles
Paul Storr (1771-1844), goldsmith Rundell, Bridge and Rundell, manufacturer