Lot Essay
This coffee-pot was almost certainly gilded in the 19th century when the addition of the lamp and stand was made
THE COFFEE-POT WITH MAKER'S MARK OF ELIZA GODFREY, LONDON, 1750, THE STAND AND LAMP, EDINBURGH, 1868, MAKER'S MARK LACKING
Details
A George II silver-gilt coffee-pot and a Victorian silver-gilt stand and lamp
The coffee-pot with maker's mark of Eliza Godfrey, London, 1750, the stand and lamp, Edinburgh, 1868, maker's mark lacking
The pear-shaped coffee-pot on spreading circular foot and with leaf-capped curved spout, with ivory scroll handle and hinged domed cover with openwork foliage finial, the body chased with two rural vignettes within scrolls and applied foliage, engraved twice with crest and mottos beneath an Earl's coronet, the stand on three scroll feet and with detachable lamp, the coffee pot marked on base and cover and engraved with scratch weight 38=17, the stand marked on frame and lamp
Height of coffee-pot 11in. (28cm.)
Height overall 14¼in. (36cm.)
gross 55ozs. (1,740grs.)
The crest is that of Crichton for William, 5th Earl of Dumfries, K.T. (d.1768)
The coffee-pot with maker's mark of Eliza Godfrey, London, 1750, the stand and lamp, Edinburgh, 1868, maker's mark lacking
The pear-shaped coffee-pot on spreading circular foot and with leaf-capped curved spout, with ivory scroll handle and hinged domed cover with openwork foliage finial, the body chased with two rural vignettes within scrolls and applied foliage, engraved twice with crest and mottos beneath an Earl's coronet, the stand on three scroll feet and with detachable lamp, the coffee pot marked on base and cover and engraved with scratch weight 38=17, the stand marked on frame and lamp
Height of coffee-pot 11in. (28cm.)
Height overall 14¼in. (36cm.)
gross 55ozs. (1,740grs.)
The crest is that of Crichton for William, 5th Earl of Dumfries, K.T. (d.1768)
Provenance
The coffee-pot supplied to William, 5th Earl of Dumfries (d.1768). The stand supplied to John Patrick, 3rd Marquess of Bute (1847-1900).