Lot Essay
Sir Ralph Abercromby Anstruther, 4th Bt. of Balcaskie, co. Linlithgow (1804-1863) succeeded to the Baronetcy in 1818. In 1831 he married Mary Jane, daughter of Major General Sir Henry Torrens K.C.B.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
A GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT TANKARD
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1827
Details
A GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT TANKARD
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1827
Cylindrical, the domed cover surmounted with a cherub, the handle formed as a maiden, the body cast and chased with drunken Silenus and mule attended by satyr, cupid and cherubs, the rim engraved No. 1 Published as the Act directs by Storr & Mortimer, 13 New Bond Street, London, September 1st. 1827, the foot engraved Given by Sir Ralph A. Anstruther Bart. Won by Cupar 1827; marked on cover, liner and foot
14¼ in. (36.1 cm.) high; 118 oz. (3,670 gr.)
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1827
Cylindrical, the domed cover surmounted with a cherub, the handle formed as a maiden, the body cast and chased with drunken Silenus and mule attended by satyr, cupid and cherubs, the rim engraved No. 1 Published as the Act directs by Storr & Mortimer, 13 New Bond Street, London, September 1st. 1827, the foot engraved Given by Sir Ralph A. Anstruther Bart. Won by Cupar 1827; marked on cover, liner and foot
14¼ in. (36.1 cm.) high; 118 oz. (3,670 gr.)
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 22 November 1984, lot 106
Literature
The Glory of the Goldsmith: Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, 1989, illus. no. 161, p. 209
Exhibited
"The Glory of the Goldsmith: Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection," London, 1989, no. 161
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