A GEORGE III SHEFFIELD-PLATED TEA URN**
A GEORGE III SHEFFIELD-PLATED TEA URN**

CIRCA 1785

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A GEORGE III SHEFFIELD-PLATED TEA URN**
Circa 1785
Urn-form, on a square base resting on four ball feet, the body bright-cut with a coat-of-arms in a shield enclosed with an oval cartouche with a floral swag above and below, with beaded bands on shoulder and two reeded upswept handles, the leaf-clad spigot with an ivory palmette tap, the waisted cover engraved with a crest and surmounted by an urn finial, apparently unmarked
20in. (52.5cm.) high