MARK OF DIGBY SCOTT AND BENJAMIN SMITH, LONDON, 1804-05

Details

A FINE GEORGE III SILVER-GILT THREE-PIECE TEA SERVICE**
Mark of Digby Scott and Benjamin Smith, London, 1804-05
Comprising a teapot, cream jug and sugar bowl, each vase-form on spreading circular foot with stylized foliage, applied with key band, the teapot with hinged cover with serpent finial and ivory handle with female mask join, the cream jug and sugar bowl with scroll handles with female mask joins and each engraved with a crest, the teapot engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked under or on each base, the teapot and sugar bowl bases stamped with Latin inscription of Rundell, Bridge and Rundell
The teapot 10 5/8in. (27cm.) long over handle, the sugar bowl 6½in. (16.5cm.) high; 77oz. 10dwt. (2424gr.) gross weight (3)

Provenance

John McClean Esq., sold Christie's, London, July 5, 1972, lot 69

Literature

J.B. Hawkins, The Al Tajir Collection of Silver and Gold, London, 1983, vol. I, p. 98 and 99
The Glory of the Goldsmith: Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, 1989, no. 117, p. 155

Exhibited

Brand Inglis Ltd., A Loan Exhibition of Silver, July 5-15, 1978
"The Glory of the Goldsmith: Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection," Christie's, London, 1989, no. 117

Special notice

Notice Regarding the Sale of Ivory and Tortoiseshell Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing ivory or tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

Lot Essay

The arms are those of Hunloke, for Sir Thomas Windsor, 5th Baronet of Wingerworth, Derbyshire, who succeeded to the title on November 15, 1804.

An almost identical service include a coffee pot, dating to 1806, is illustrated in C. J. Jackson, An Illustrated History of English Plate, 1967, fig. 1360-64, p. 991.

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