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Lot Essay
The arms are those of Egerton quarterly with those of Grey, with those of Jackson on an escutcheon of pretence, as borne by Sir John Grey-Egerton, 8th baronet (1766-1825). The arms on the other side are those of Egerton with thirty-four quartervines representing Sir John Grey-Egerton’s ancestry.
Egerton married in 1795 Maria, daughter and sole heiress of Thomas Scott Jackson, one of the Directors of the Bank of England. In 1814 he took the surname Grey-Egerton, having succeeded to the Egerton baronetcy upon the death of Thomas Egerton, Viscount Grey de Wilton and Earl of Wilton. Egerton was a member of Parliament for Chester from 1807-1818 and a successful race horse owner. He died without issue in 1825 after a carriage accident at the Epsom Races. The title devolved on his brother the Rev. Sir Philip Grey-Egerton.
Wine coolers of this and similar forms by Storr often feature an octagonal pad below the paw foot. The earlier pair of wine coolers from this set of four have addition marks to the feet, suggesting that when Egerton ordered the second set of coolers he requested that acanthus leaves below the paw feet be added, to aggrandize the set. This motif on a set of wine coolers by Storr, England's most celebrated silversmith, appears to be unique.
A set of twelve dinner plates by Paul Storr of 1811, engraved with the same arms, sold Christie’s, New York, 18 October 2005, lot 242.
Egerton married in 1795 Maria, daughter and sole heiress of Thomas Scott Jackson, one of the Directors of the Bank of England. In 1814 he took the surname Grey-Egerton, having succeeded to the Egerton baronetcy upon the death of Thomas Egerton, Viscount Grey de Wilton and Earl of Wilton. Egerton was a member of Parliament for Chester from 1807-1818 and a successful race horse owner. He died without issue in 1825 after a carriage accident at the Epsom Races. The title devolved on his brother the Rev. Sir Philip Grey-Egerton.
Wine coolers of this and similar forms by Storr often feature an octagonal pad below the paw foot. The earlier pair of wine coolers from this set of four have addition marks to the feet, suggesting that when Egerton ordered the second set of coolers he requested that acanthus leaves below the paw feet be added, to aggrandize the set. This motif on a set of wine coolers by Storr, England's most celebrated silversmith, appears to be unique.
A set of twelve dinner plates by Paul Storr of 1811, engraved with the same arms, sold Christie’s, New York, 18 October 2005, lot 242.