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A GEORGE III SILVER TEAPOT AND SUGAR BASKET MAKER'S MARK OF HESTER BATEMAN, LONDON, THE TEAPOT 1784, THE BASKET 1788
The teapot oval, with beaded base and bright-cut engraved bands, with straight spout and ebony scroll handle, the domed hinged cover with ebony disk finial, engraved with a script monogram within oval bright-cut cartouche and foliage, marked under base and cover; the sugar basket boat-shaped on spreading oval base with beaded band, the beaded rim with bright-cut border below, with overhead swing handle, engraved with a coat-of-arms and a crest with an M below each within a shaped rectangular cartouche, marked under base
teapot length over handle 9¾in. (24.8cm.); gross weight 20oz. (636gr.) (2)
The teapot oval, with beaded base and bright-cut engraved bands, with straight spout and ebony scroll handle, the domed hinged cover with ebony disk finial, engraved with a script monogram within oval bright-cut cartouche and foliage, marked under base and cover; the sugar basket boat-shaped on spreading oval base with beaded band, the beaded rim with bright-cut border below, with overhead swing handle, engraved with a coat-of-arms and a crest with an M below each within a shaped rectangular cartouche, marked under base
teapot length over handle 9¾in. (24.8cm.); gross weight 20oz. (636gr.) (2)