A set of four George III silver-gilt figural shell salts, Paul Storr for Rundell, Bridge & Rundell, London, 1812, after a design by William Theed

each cast as a kneeling triton grasping an pulling a shell flanked by his tails, on rectangular plinths with Vitruvian chased scroll border, on four ball feet, stamped 'Rundell Bridge Et Rundell Aurifices Regis', one also stamped 285 and another with inventory number 1 to underside, together with four silver-gilt salt spoons, Paul Storr, London, 1820, with shell bowls and dolphin embellished trident finials

Hugh Richard Arthur, 2nd Duke of Westminster, G.C.V.O., D.S.O. (1879-1953), Sotheby's, London, 2 July 1959, lot 130
Charles and Fay Plohn of New York, Sotheby's, London, 16 July 1970, lot 138  

Staten Island Institute of Arts & Sciences, English Regency Silver from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, February-June 1995, no.7

The gilding is of good colour, although the reverse side of one plinth is worn with some gilding losses. Superb gauge. Otherwise good condition.
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The attribution of this design to the sculptor and painter William Theed (1764-1817) is based on its close similarity to the artist's bronze group, 'Thetis returning from Vulcan with the Arms of Achilles,' which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1812 and is now in the Royal Collection.