$73,470
Fine Eight-Piece George III Silver Tea and Coffee Service, London, 1808-09, Benjamin and James Smith, makers, comprising round teapot with flat lid and entwined snake finial, one flaring flatleaf base, ht. 6 3/8, a round teapot stand with wooden base, dia. 5 7/8, an urn-form coffeepot with palmette decoration below spout, and high loop handle, on short hoof feet, ht. 11, ovoid creamer with similar spout decoration, open sugar bowl with ovolo rim and loop handles, a bowl with matching ovolo rim, dia. 7 1/2, a ovoid chocolate pot/brandy sauce pan with handle set at right angle to the short spout, raised on base with three reeded paw feet enclosing burner, and an urn-form hot water kettle with high loop handle, on tripartite stand with three sphinx herm legs ending in hoof feet, enclosing burner accented with pharaoh masks, ht. 13 3/4 in., all elements decorated with geometric Greek key-style rims or waist bands, the pots with ivory handles accented with Minerva heads at terminals, engraved with coat of arms mottoed "Virtuti" and with small stag head crest, approx. 206 troy oz. total. Provenance: Purchased at The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company, London, July 31, 1952. Coat of arms attributed to the Dick family of Braid, Midlothian. minor age wear throughout. Marks good throughout. teapot: marked for Benjamin Smith only, 1808. minor age wear, age typical lining to ivory handle, and with small loss to piece of ivory at join of top of handle to body. teapot stand: good. co Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-04-10
