Lot 186

A GEORGE I SILVER KETTLE-ON-STAND

MARK OF FRANCIS GARTHORNE, LONDON, 1716

Closed26 January 2010

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USD 40,000

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A GEORGE I SILVER KETTLE-ON-STAND
MARK OF FRANCIS GARTHORNE, LONDON, 1716
Of cottage-loaf form, compressed baluster, with domed cover and wood overhead handle, the circular frame on three scrolled feet centering a detachable burner, the body engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked on base and cover of kettle and on stand; the burner struck three times with maker's mark, also with museum accession number 40.193
13¾ in. (34.9 cm.) high; 90 oz. (2,812 gr.) gross weight

Tiffany & Co., New York, purchased by Theodora Wilbour
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, anonymous gift in honor of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, 11 April 1940
With Alastair Dickenson, London

Specialist note

The arms are those of Ayde