A GEORGE III SILVER TEA URN

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A GEORGE III SILVER TEA URN
LONDON, 1768, MAKER'S MARK OF EMICK ROMER

Of vase-shaped form, on spreading square base with gadrooned rim and pierced apron raised on four scroll legs with pierced rocaille feet, the cylindrical stem chased with floral garlands, the kettle chased with four Chinoiserie panels, the front with figures enjoying the tea ceremony, the other panels with figures in garden settings, chased between with floral garlands, the two open handles formed as branches applied with silkworms and insects, the stylized dolphin-form spigot with a carved bone dolphin tap, the rim gadrooned, the tapering cylindrical domed cover chased with floral garlands and with a figural finial formed as a mermaid holding a dolphin and a looking-glass, the front engraved with a coat of arms in a rococo cartouche, the interior fitted with an iron pig, marked on base, kettle, and cover--23 in. (58.4 cm.) high
(gross weight 95 oz. excluding iron)

Lot Essay

The arms are those of Atkins impaling those of Cavanagh

A similar tea urn by Whipham and Wright was sold in these Rooms from the Terence J. Fox Collection of Tea Equipage, September 17, 1990, lot 90. A related tea urn also decorated with Chinoiserie is illustrated in Arthur Grimwade, Rococo Silver, 1974, fig. 59.