Lot Essay
The arms and monogram EM are those of a Russian Princely family
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MARK OF JOHN SAMUEL HUNT, LONDON, 1851
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A FINE VICTORIAN SILVER COFFEE POT OF RUSSIAN INTEREST
MARK OF JOHN SAMUEL HUNT, LONDON, 1851
Baluster, set on four openwork rocaille feet, the body chased with scrolling foliage, the leaf-capped scroll handle with Chinese mask, with a figural bifurcated handle, the domed cover with flower finial, the body with applied monogram EM in mirror cypher beneath a Princely Crown on one side and a Princely coat-of-arms on the other, marked under body, handle, cover and finial, and stamped Hunt & Roskell Late Storr Mortimer & Hunt
12¼ in. (31.2 cm.) high; 53 oz. (1661 gr.) gross weight
MARK OF JOHN SAMUEL HUNT, LONDON, 1851
Baluster, set on four openwork rocaille feet, the body chased with scrolling foliage, the leaf-capped scroll handle with Chinese mask, with a figural bifurcated handle, the domed cover with flower finial, the body with applied monogram EM in mirror cypher beneath a Princely Crown on one side and a Princely coat-of-arms on the other, marked under body, handle, cover and finial, and stamped Hunt & Roskell Late Storr Mortimer & Hunt
12¼ in. (31.2 cm.) high; 53 oz. (1661 gr.) gross weight