GEORGE IV SILVER TEA URN

GEORGE IV SILVER TEA URN by Paul Storr, London 1824, of compressed circular form, the pull-off cover with part-fluted decoration, leaf and bud finial, the body with gadrooned borders and cast fluted leaf-capped handles, engraved with a monogram surrounded by mantling, with part-fluted lower section, the cast spout modelled in the form of a birds-head with shell thumbpiece, on a pedestal stem, circular foot and canted square base issuing cast acanthus and shell-capped feet, 41cm high (c.201oz) Provenance: Koopman Rare Art "Paul Storr: An Exhibition of his Life's Work", Exhibit no. 85.