Lot Essay
The coat-of-arms are those of de Selys, Belgium.
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A BELGIAN SILVER TEAPOT AND A MATCHING MILK JUG
the former with maker's mark GD below a wolf's head, perhaps for G. Delmer, Liège, circa 1810, the milk jug, Dutch, with maker's mark of Van Kempen & Zn., 1906
Each on circular base decorated with a band of leaves, the plain vase-shaped bodies engraved with a coat-of-arms, the teapot with serpent headed scroll spout decorated with foliage and flower heads below, each with a water-leaf border, below a pierced gallery, the teapot with slightly domed cover with wooden finial
the teapot 19.5cm. (7 5/8in.) high
(747 gr. gross) (2)
the former with maker's mark GD below a wolf's head, perhaps for G. Delmer, Liège, circa 1810, the milk jug, Dutch, with maker's mark of Van Kempen & Zn., 1906
Each on circular base decorated with a band of leaves, the plain vase-shaped bodies engraved with a coat-of-arms, the teapot with serpent headed scroll spout decorated with foliage and flower heads below, each with a water-leaf border, below a pierced gallery, the teapot with slightly domed cover with wooden finial
the teapot 19.5cm. (7 5/8in.) high
(747 gr. gross) (2)