Ellis Finch
Head of Knightsbridge Silver Department
Property Of A Private Collector
Lots 83 to 90
Lots 83 to 90
Lot 84
A George III silver cruet Paul Storr, London 1808
27 November 2019, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£6,000 - £8,000
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Michael Moorcroft
Consultant
A George III silver cruet
Paul Storr, London 1808
The frame holding eight cut-glass bottles with silver mounts, on an oval base with acanthus leaf handles and gadroon border, on four leaf and scroll feet, engraved with the arms of William Hulton, of Hulton Park, Lancs., with two associated ladles, length 38cm, weight of weighable silver 56.5oz.
The frame holding eight cut-glass bottles with silver mounts, on an oval base with acanthus leaf handles and gadroon border, on four leaf and scroll feet, engraved with the arms of William Hulton, of Hulton Park, Lancs., with two associated ladles, length 38cm, weight of weighable silver 56.5oz.
Footnotes
William Hulton (1787-1864) was a man of considerable wealth and influence, owning seven collieries as well as being High Sherriff and Magistrate for Lancashire.
During the Luddite revolt he gained a reputation for being tough on crime and political dissent. In 1819 he gained notoriety after the Peterloo Massacre when he ordered the 15th Hussars to charge on a crowd of demonstrators who had gathered to listen to a speech on the reform of parliamentary representation. Eighteen people were killed and over 400 injured as a result. The figure leaning out of the window in the left of Carlisle's print is likely to be Hulton and his fellow magistrates.
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