Lot Essay
The arms are those of De Beauvoir quartering Benyon impaling those of another.
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A FINE GEORGE IV SILVER TEA URN
LONDON, 1822, MAKER'S MARK OF ROBERT GARRARD II
In the form of the Warwick vase, on square pedestal base raised on four massive paw and acanthus feet, rising to a stiff leaf and egg-and-dart knop, the lower part of the body chased with acanthus and with two entwined vine handles, the acanthus scroll spigot with ivory anthemion form handle, applied under the everted egg-and-dart rim with a band of grape vine on a matted ground, the domed cover chased with an elaborately calyx of acanthus and surmounted by a bud finial, engraved front and back with a coat-of-arms within an elaborate foliate scroll and rocaille cartouche, marked on body, tap and cover--16in. (41cm.) high
(gross weight 221 oz.)
LONDON, 1822, MAKER'S MARK OF ROBERT GARRARD II
In the form of the Warwick vase, on square pedestal base raised on four massive paw and acanthus feet, rising to a stiff leaf and egg-and-dart knop, the lower part of the body chased with acanthus and with two entwined vine handles, the acanthus scroll spigot with ivory anthemion form handle, applied under the everted egg-and-dart rim with a band of grape vine on a matted ground, the domed cover chased with an elaborately calyx of acanthus and surmounted by a bud finial, engraved front and back with a coat-of-arms within an elaborate foliate scroll and rocaille cartouche, marked on body, tap and cover--16in. (41cm.) high
(gross weight 221 oz.)
Provenance
Phillips, New York, March 24, 1983, lot 376