Strauss & co - 13 October 2014, Cape Town

25 41 A pair of George IV silver entrée dishes and covers, Paul Storr, London, 1826 with Sheffield plate bases rectangular, each cover surmounted by a demi-lion erect enclosed by a rope border, the body profusely moulded with flowerheads, foliage, c-scrolls and a bird, engraved with an armorial to one side, each dish with conforming rim and engraved with two crests, each base with reeded border, the sides applied with a pair of leaf-capped reeded handles, on four reeded scroll feet, numbered 1 and 3, 3905g of weighable silver, 34cmwide over handles (2) R200 000–250 000 The crests and motto ‘NOBILIS IRA’are of William Stuart (1798-1874), grandson of John, 3rd Earl of Bute. detail detail