An early Victorian silver soup tureen, cover, liner and stand from the Ashburnham dinner service, Paul Storr, London, 1837, the stand 1838

the bodies and covers with a raised coat-of-arms on either side, the plain liner engraved with a crest and applied with scroll grips, the underside of the tureen stamped STORR & MORTIMER 102, and engraved N^{o 2. 73oz}, the cover: N^{o 1 33 oz. 16}, the liner: N^{o 1 38 oz. 4}, the stand: 1 and stamped STORR & MORTIMER on underside

Sotheby's Belgravia, English and Foreign Silver and Plated Wares 1820-1940, 21 February 1974, lot 63

The cover and body are not a perfect fit because they are number 1 and 2 from the original set, but otherwise it's in very good condition overall. For further information on this lot please contact the Silver department on +44(0)207.293.5100.
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The Arms are those of Ashburnham, for Betram, 4th Earl of Ashburnham (1797-1878), who married on 8 January 1840, Katherine Charlotte, daughter of George Baillie, of Jerviswood, Co. Lanark, and sister of George, 10th Earl of Haddington. In his youth Ashburnham was a great traveller and an avid collector of fine art, early and rare books and manuscripts. Throught his life time he amassed an extensive library of English and foreign printed works, which was in part purchased by the British Government in 1883.

A portion of the Ashburnham Dinner Service, Storr & Mortimer, 1836/37/38, was dispersed by Christie's on 24 March, 1914. The lots offered included : four pairs of oval dishes and covers of varying lengths (lots 118-121), a meat dish (122), a venison dish (123), two pairs of circular salvers (124, 125), a pair of soup tureens and covers (126), and four circular entrée dishes and covers (127).

The Ashburnham pattern was later reinterpreted by Hunt & Roskell in the late 1860's (see lot 445).