A RARE GEORGE I SCOTTISH SILVER TEAPOT

MAKER'S MARK OF HARRY BETHUNE, ASSAY MASTER'S MARK OF EDWARD PENMAN, EDINBURGH, 1716

Details

A RARE GEORGE I SCOTTISH SILVER TEAPOT
Maker's mark of Harry Bethune, assay master's mark of Edward Penman, Edinburgh, 1716
Apple-form, with straight spout, the flat hinged cover surmounted by a wooden turned finial, with scroll handle, marked under base
5in. (13.3cm.) high; gross weight 17oz. (532gr.)

Provenance

Garrard & Co. Ltd., London, 1974

Lot Essay

This is apparently the second oldest Scottish teapot known. The earliest, made in 1714, is in the Bute collection (Ian Finlay, Scottish Gold and Silver Work, London, 1956, p.125). A teapot of 1719 similar to the present example is illustrated as plate 62.