Lot Essay
This lot has been registered as an item made before 3 March 1947 with less than 10% ivory; submission reference: MVR681N1.
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MARK OF THOMAS WHIPHAM AND CHARLES WRIGHT, LONDON, 1766
Details
A GEORGE III SILVER TWO-HANDLED TEA URN
MARK OF THOMAS WHIPHAM AND CHARLES WRIGHT, LONDON, 1766
The inverted pear shaped body engraved with a coat-of-arms, with two leaf-capped scroll handles, a spout with ivory handle, supported on a square base with an openwork gallery and four scroll feet, the detachable cover with a fluted rim and finial, marked inside body and on cover, engraved with scratchweight 82:11
19 ½ in. (49.5 cm.) high
Gross weight 80 oz. 12 dwt. (2,507 gr.)
The arms are those of Sandys with a label of cadency quartering others impaling Colebrooke, for Edwin Sandys, 2nd Baron Sandys (1726-1797), and his wife Anna Maria (d. 1806), daughter of James Colebrooke (1680-1752), whom he married in 1769.
Please note that 100% of the hammer proceeds from this auction will be paid to the Sandys Trust, registered charity number: 1168357, with the exception of limited deductions towards sale costs across the auction which cannot be accurately calculated at this time, capped at a total of £10,000.
MARK OF THOMAS WHIPHAM AND CHARLES WRIGHT, LONDON, 1766
The inverted pear shaped body engraved with a coat-of-arms, with two leaf-capped scroll handles, a spout with ivory handle, supported on a square base with an openwork gallery and four scroll feet, the detachable cover with a fluted rim and finial, marked inside body and on cover, engraved with scratchweight 82:11
19 ½ in. (49.5 cm.) high
Gross weight 80 oz. 12 dwt. (2,507 gr.)
The arms are those of Sandys with a label of cadency quartering others impaling Colebrooke, for Edwin Sandys, 2nd Baron Sandys (1726-1797), and his wife Anna Maria (d. 1806), daughter of James Colebrooke (1680-1752), whom he married in 1769.
Please note that 100% of the hammer proceeds from this auction will be paid to the Sandys Trust, registered charity number: 1168357, with the exception of limited deductions towards sale costs across the auction which cannot be accurately calculated at this time, capped at a total of £10,000.
Provenance
Edwin Sandys, later 2nd Baron Sandys (1726-1797), then by descent.