A Queen Anne silver-gilt hot-water jug
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A Queen Anne silver-gilt hot-water jug

MARK OF PHILIP ROLLOS II, LONDON, 1710

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A Queen Anne silver-gilt hot-water jug
Mark of Philip Rollos II, London, 1710
Pear-shaped and on circular gadrooned foot, with short spout and part-wood scroll handle, the lower body applied with cut-card work border, the hinged domed cover with gadrooned rim, baluster finial and cut-card work calyx, the side engraved with the Royal coat-of-arms within Garter motto and with Royal crown above flanked by initials 'A R', marked on side and cover
7½in. (19cm.) high
gross 15oz. (487gr.)
The arms are those of Queen Anne (1701-1714).
Provenance
Perhaps given by Queen Anne to Lionel, 1st Duke of Dorset (1688-1765) and his wife Elizabeth (1687-1768), first Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Anne and daughter of Lieutenant-General Walter Colyear, on the occasion of their marriage in 1710, and then by descent to,
George, 4th Duke of Dorset (1793-1815) and then by descent to his first cousin,
Charles, 2nd Viscount Sackville and 5th Duke of Dorset (1767-1843), and then by descent to the second daughter of George, 4th Duke of Dorset,
Lady Elizabeth Sackville-West (d.1870), later Baroness Buckhurst, wife of George, 5th Earl De La Warre (1791-1869), who assumed her paternal name and arms by Royal License in addition to those of West in 1843, and then by descent to their 4th son,
Mortimer, 1st Baron Sackville (1820-1888) and then by descent.
Exhibited
London, 25 Park Lane, W.1., A Loan Exhibition of Old English Plate, 1929, no. 751.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

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