Paul Storr
An Exceptional Pair of English Regency Silver-Gilt Wine Coasters, 1812
Height: 3.37 in. (8.56 cm.)
Diameter: 5.75 in. (14.61 cm.) Weight: 55 oz. 12 dwt.
Diameter: 5.75 in. (14.61 cm.) Weight: 55 oz. 12 dwt.
London
H0064
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Stamped at base “Rundell Bridge et Rundell Aurifices Regis et Principis Walliae Regentis Britannias”. The arms are the Royal arms of Scotland quartering Stewart and Randolph impaling those of Ainslie...
Stamped at base “Rundell Bridge et Rundell Aurifices Regis et Principis Walliae Regentis Britannias”.
The arms are the Royal arms of Scotland quartering Stewart and Randolph impaling those of Ainslie for Francis Stuart (1771-1848) , 10th Earl of Moray, and his wife Margaret, daughter of Sir Philip Ainslie of Pilton.
Moray lived at Drumsheugh House in Edinburgh, situated between Charlotte Square and the Water of Leith. In 1822 he commissioned James Gillespie Graham to lay out an estate of huge townhouses on what was known as the Moray Feu. The development, begun in 1825, is now known as the Moray Estate, and edges Edinburgh's New Town. Street names are all closely linked to the Moray family. It remains as exclusive an address as when it was first built.
The Earldom of Moray (pronounced Murry) had rocky beginnings. Mary Queen of Scots conferred the earldom on James Stuart, illegitimate son of James V, in 1561. He was Regent of Scotland when Mary surrendered her crown to her infant son James VI, and was murdered in 1570 by his rival Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh. He was succeeded by his daughter Elizabeth, who married Sir James Stuart, who then assumed the title. He was murdered by followers of the Earl of Huntly. The countess was succeeded by her son, the 3rd Earl, in 1591. In 1601 he married Lady Anne Gordon, daughter of the instigator of his father’s murder, having been reconciled by the King’s mediation, thereby setting the stage for more peaceful successions in the future.
The arms are the Royal arms of Scotland quartering Stewart and Randolph impaling those of Ainslie for Francis Stuart (1771-1848) , 10th Earl of Moray, and his wife Margaret, daughter of Sir Philip Ainslie of Pilton.
Moray lived at Drumsheugh House in Edinburgh, situated between Charlotte Square and the Water of Leith. In 1822 he commissioned James Gillespie Graham to lay out an estate of huge townhouses on what was known as the Moray Feu. The development, begun in 1825, is now known as the Moray Estate, and edges Edinburgh's New Town. Street names are all closely linked to the Moray family. It remains as exclusive an address as when it was first built.
The Earldom of Moray (pronounced Murry) had rocky beginnings. Mary Queen of Scots conferred the earldom on James Stuart, illegitimate son of James V, in 1561. He was Regent of Scotland when Mary surrendered her crown to her infant son James VI, and was murdered in 1570 by his rival Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh. He was succeeded by his daughter Elizabeth, who married Sir James Stuart, who then assumed the title. He was murdered by followers of the Earl of Huntly. The countess was succeeded by her son, the 3rd Earl, in 1591. In 1601 he married Lady Anne Gordon, daughter of the instigator of his father’s murder, having been reconciled by the King’s mediation, thereby setting the stage for more peaceful successions in the future.