Details
A GEORGE II SILVER COFFEE-POT
MARK OF WILLIAM PARTIS, NEWCASTLE, 1744
Tapering cylindrical and with spreading stepped base, the hinged cover with acorn finial, with carved wood handle, engraved with a coat-of-arms on one side and a crest on the other, marked underneath, the cover apparently unmarked
7 ¾ in. (19.6 cm.) high
gross weight 23 oz. (716 gr.)
The arms are those of Lamb quartering another with Harris in pretence.
Provenance
Possibly Anonymous sale [Mrs J. Mortimer]; Christie's, London, 16 February 1938, lot 35 (as by William Parks, unsold).

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