Lot 349
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A GEORGE III SILVER FIVE-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE**
A GEORGE III SILVER FIVE-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE**

MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN EMES, LONDON, 1805/6

Details
A GEORGE III SILVER FIVE-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE**
Maker's mark of John Emes, London, 1805/6
Comprising a coffee pot, teapot and teapot stand, sugar bowl, and cream jug, each oblong, the shoulder chased with anthemion and foliage, the lower body with trailing vine, with angular handles, the domed covers surmounted by ivory finials, four pieces engraved with inscription, marked on coffee pot, teapot, cream jug and stand; together with a set of twelve teaspoons, maker's mark of Eley and Fearn, 1806; and a silver-plated sugar tongs; the set cased in a baize-lined fitted mahogany case
The coffee pot 5in. (14.5cm.) high; gross weight 54oz. (1694gr.) (18)
Provenance
The Bayou Bend Collection, Houston, Texas
Christie's, New York, April 17, 1996, lot 142

Lot Essay

The inscription reads: "Presented to Cap:tn M:Donald by the English Residents On the Gold Coast of Africa In Testimony Of his Gallant & Succesfull Defence of The Ship Frederick Off the Coast of Appolonia Jan:y 1806 Against a French Squadron."