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MARK OF ANDREW FOGELBERG, LONDON, 1774
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A GEORGE III SILVER TEA-URN
MARK OF ANDREW FOGELBERG, LONDON, 1774
Vase-shaped, the square plinth on four leaf-capped scroll feet with a band of acanthus foliage and beaded border, the spigot realistically formed as a serpent with ivory tap, the urn with two leaf-capped handles each terminating in a ram's mask, with an applied band of acanthus foliage and water leaves, the detachable cover with pineapple finial, with two cartouches formed as laurel swags, one engraved with a coat-of-arms, the other with a rosette, further engraved on cover and near the base with a crest, marked under base, on base of body, cover bezel and finial
20 in. (51 cm.) high
gross weight 126 oz. (3,921 gr.)
The arms are those of Ffolkes quartering Hovell and Browne, almost certainly for Sir Martin Browne Ffolkes, 1st Bt. (1740-1821). He was created a baronet in 1774 and married Fanny (d.1813), daughter and co-heir of Sir John Turner Bt. of Warham, Norfolk, in 1777. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and served as M.P. for King's Lynn.
MARK OF ANDREW FOGELBERG, LONDON, 1774
Vase-shaped, the square plinth on four leaf-capped scroll feet with a band of acanthus foliage and beaded border, the spigot realistically formed as a serpent with ivory tap, the urn with two leaf-capped handles each terminating in a ram's mask, with an applied band of acanthus foliage and water leaves, the detachable cover with pineapple finial, with two cartouches formed as laurel swags, one engraved with a coat-of-arms, the other with a rosette, further engraved on cover and near the base with a crest, marked under base, on base of body, cover bezel and finial
20 in. (51 cm.) high
gross weight 126 oz. (3,921 gr.)
The arms are those of Ffolkes quartering Hovell and Browne, almost certainly for Sir Martin Browne Ffolkes, 1st Bt. (1740-1821). He was created a baronet in 1774 and married Fanny (d.1813), daughter and co-heir of Sir John Turner Bt. of Warham, Norfolk, in 1777. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and served as M.P. for King's Lynn.
Provenance
With Thomas Lumley, London, 6 May 1963.
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Présenté par
Flora Elek
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