Paul Storr coffee pot... authentic? or?

[rynegold]

I posted about this particular pot several years ago, and the photos were lost on that thread so I'm starting a new one. There's some strange things about this coffee: for one thing, Paul Storr's makers mark is not in the hallmark string, but rather on the bottom. It also looks like somebody gouged the center of the "P" for some reason ( admittedly sometimes stamps break or chip in places so has not to need a little touching up and perhaps that's what happened here). Looking on the inside of the pot, I can see the counter mark bulge for each of the four hallmark stamps you see on the outside and nothing else. In other words there's not another bulge that's been scrubbed on the outside yet appears on the inside. So how strange is it that falls toward did not put his PS on the same string with the other hallmarks? Inside, at the bottom of the pot looks pretty rough to me. Maybe that's normal, I don't know. Also on the bottom above the makers mark, you can see where something has been scrubbed that is several digits long. Many times this is a drivers license number or social security number of a previous owner otherwise I don't know how that would look like that. I've had one knowledgeable person from a auction house look at this, and, that she doesn't like the style of pot passing for a Storr piece: it's dated 1820 from what I can see, is this a common style for that era?

Thoughts/comments appreciated,
regards, mitch

[Sasropakis]

I'm not an expert of Paul Storr but I happened to search some of his works and found "A William IV Silver Coffee Pot, Paul Storr, London, 1836" sold by Sotheby's (I can't give the link but you can Google it) which has identical spout to your coffee pot and otherwise the style matches too. The hallmarks' placement is rather strange in your coffee pot though. The date would be f=1821 just before the duty mark changed from George III to George IV and the leopard's head lost its crown.

[rynegold]

I'm not an expert of Paul Storr but I happened to search some of his works and found "A William IV Silver Coffee Pot, Paul Storr, London, 1836" sold by Sotheby's (I can't give the link but you can Google it) which has identical spout to your coffee pot and otherwise the style matches too. The hallmarks' placement is rather strange in your coffee pot though. The date would be f=1821 just before the duty mark changed from George III to George IV and the leopard's head lost its crown.

Sasropakis, thanks so much! I found it!