231133: An early Victorian silver-gilt bottle stand Start Price GBP 2,250.00 Current Price GBP 3,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 6 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, November 23, 2008 End Time Sunday, November 23, 2008 Location London, England, United Kingdom See more about '231133: An early Victorian silver-gilt bottle stand' Description Current Lot An early Victorian silver-gilt bottle stand with an associated green glass hock bottle and stopper Paul Storr, London, 1837-38 the stand of waisted cylindrical form and on three pierced scroll supports, the matt body finely chased with pierced panels of trellis-work and quatrefoils alternating with bands of flowering foliage, applied with a scrolling cartouche with mirrored cipher 'H de G' below a coronet, the bottle decanter with everted rim and tear drop stopper, engraved with the initial H on each side The stand, 13.4cm high, bottle 32.4cm high. 11oz, weighable silver. Heraldry: The monogram and coronet are those of Henrietta Frances, Countess de Grey (1784-1848), fifth daughter of William, 1st Earl of Enniskillen. In 1805 she married Thomas Philip, 2nd Earl de Grey of Wrest Park, who served as Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire, first Lord of the Admiralty from 1834-35 and Yeomanry Aide-de-camp to William IV from 1831 to 1837 and to Queen Victoria from 1837-59. Provenance: The Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Christie's New York, 20th October 1999, lot 209 Important English, Irish and Continental Silver, Sotheby's, New York, April 16, 1996, lot 234 Literature: John Culme, Nineteenth Century Silver, London 1977, p.144, where the bottle stand is described as a pastille burner Place a Bid!