MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1835

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A SET OF TWELVE WILLIAM IV SILVER DINNER PLATES
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1835
Each shaped circular, with a gadrooned border, the rim engraved with a coat-of-arms and two crests, each marked under base, two stamped Storr & Mortimer
9¾ in. (24.7 cm.) diameter; 231 oz. 10 dwt. (7202 gr.)
The arms are those of Lyne-Stephens, as borne by Charles Lyne-Stephens. (12)

Lot Essay

Charles Lyne (1764-1851) inherited a vast fortune from his uncle John James Stephens's glass factory in Portugal in 1826. At that time, the Stephens factory made almost all of the glass in Portugal. Although Lyne had been working for the family company since 1778, after he took ownership he petitioned to have his family name changed from Lyne to Lyne-Stephens. With his inheritance he became one of the wealthiest commoners in England. (A detailed account of the Lyne-Stephens family can found in Jennifer Roberts, Glass: The Strange History of the Lyne-Stephens Fortune, 2003.)

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