Soupière couverte ovale en argent par Paul Storr, Londres, 1804

les anses moulurées de filets rubans croisés se terminant en têtes de lions, le corps gravé d'armoiries, le couvercle d'un cimier, la prise en forme de cheval amovible vers 1835, contemporaine des armoiries

In overall good condition. Some scratches commensurate with age, good quality. The engraved arms and finial are both circa 1835
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Les armes sont celles de la famille Orde et de la famille Ward, probablement pour William Orde, propriétaire du célèbre étalon Beeswing.

The arms are those of Orde quartering Ward for Orde of Nunnykirk, Morpeth, Northumberland, probably for William Orde, sometime High Sheriff of Northumberland and owner of the celebrated mare, Beeswing. He died without issue in 1843.

'The will of William Orde, Esq., at Nunnykirk, has just been proved by the Rev. Leonard Shafto Orde, Hugh Morris, Esq., and W. Wissley, Esq., the executors. It directs that his "library of books, with bookcases, statues, marbles, bronzes, and the cups, pieces of plate, tankards, &c. &c.'' (won by Beeswing), shall be handed down for ever as heir-looms; and on failure of issue by his descendants, the person taking the property "shall adopt the name of Orde, and take the arms of the family."' (The Leeds Mercury, Leeds, 27 May 1843, p. 7f)