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MARK OF ALICE AND GEORGE BURROWS, LONDON, 1817
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A REGENCY SILVER TEAPOT
MARK OF ALICE AND GEORGE BURROWS, LONDON, 1817
Compressed circular on collet foot and with reeded mid-rib, with flat-topped scroll spout and part-ivory scroll handle, the hinged cover with detachable part-ivory baluster finial, the side later engraved with two crests and motto with earl's coronet above, marked on base, cover and finial nut
5¼ in. (13.2 cm.) high
gross 19 oz. (616 gr.)
The crests are those of Byng, for John, 1st Earl of Strafford G.C.B. (1772-1860)
MARK OF ALICE AND GEORGE BURROWS, LONDON, 1817
Compressed circular on collet foot and with reeded mid-rib, with flat-topped scroll spout and part-ivory scroll handle, the hinged cover with detachable part-ivory baluster finial, the side later engraved with two crests and motto with earl's coronet above, marked on base, cover and finial nut
5¼ in. (13.2 cm.) high
gross 19 oz. (616 gr.)
The crests are those of Byng, for John, 1st Earl of Strafford G.C.B. (1772-1860)
Provenance
Presumably purchased by George Byng Esq. M.P. (d.1847) and by descent to
John, 1st Earl of Strafford G.C.B. (1772-1860) and by descent.
John, 1st Earl of Strafford G.C.B. (1772-1860) and by descent.
Literature
Inventory of Pictures and Plate crested heirloom under the Will of the late Earl of Strafford, December 1887, prepared by J. E. Boodle, Surveyor, 89 Chancery Lane, London, W.C.: The Plate in the Custody of Messrs Garrard & Co, 25 Haymarket, SW1, p.18 'a ditto [teapot] Round flat ditto (handle broken)'.
Special notice
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