Beschreibung:

A GEORGE III SILVER SOUP TUREEN, COVER AND LINER MARK OF PAUL STORR LONDON, 1815 On four acanthus foliage feet, each on octagonal pad, the oval body and cover with lion's mask handles and gadrooned borders, the body engraved with a coat-of-arms, the cover and liner with a crest, the liner later engraved with facsimile signatures and traces of a presentation inscription, marked on body, cover and liner, also stamped '374' on base and cover 17 ¼ in. (44 cm.) long 18 oz. 4 dwt. (5,885 gr.) The arms are those of Balfour impaling Maitland, for James Balfour (1775-1845) of Balbirnie House, Glenrothes, Fife, and his wife Lady Eleanor Maitland (1790-1869), daughter of James Maitland 8th Earl of Lauderdale (1759-1839), whom he married in 1815. Provenance James Balfour (1775-1845) of Balbirnie House, Fife, by descent to, Arthur Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour K.G., O.M. (1848-1930), Prime Minister 1902-1905, The Executors of the late Rt. Hon. The Earl of Balfour, K.G., O.M., removed from Whittingehame, Haddington; Christie's London, 16 July 1930, lot 45 part, with stand (£3,459 to Harman). Presented by the Ambassadors to the Court of St. James to Prince George Duke of Kent (1902-1942), fourth son of King George V, and his bride Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (1906-1968), H.R.H. Prince George Duke of Kent (1902-1942). Annabel's Club, 44 Berkeley Square, used in the private dining room.