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A GEORGE III SILVER EQUIPAGE
Comprising:
A SEVEN-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE, London, 1791, 1792 and 1793, maker's mark of Robert Hennell, comprising coffee jug on stand, teapot on stand, tea caddy, sugar bowl and waste bowl, the faceted tapering vase-shaped bodies bright-cut engraved with bands of foliage enclosing, on each side, a coat-of-arms within drapery mantling, with wood scroll handles, the hinged domed covers with similar foliage and faceted wood bead finial, the sugar and waste bowls with reeded overhead swing handles, the stands on scroll feet and bright-cut engraved with conforming decoration, fully marked--height of coffee jug on stand 13 1/2in. (34.2cm.)
(gross weight 72 oz.)
A CAKE BASKET, London, 1793, maker's mark of Robert Hennell, of shaped oval form, the spreading oval foot pierced with pales and circles, the sides with similar pierced border between bands of foliage and beading, with reeded wavy rim and overhead swing handle, the center engraved with the same coat-of-arms, marked on rim and handle--14 3/4in. (37.5cm.)
(26 oz.)
FOUR CANDLESTICKS, Sheffield, two 1791, maker's mark of John Parsons & Co. and two 1794, maker's mark John Green & Co., each on spreading octagonal bases with panels of bat's wing, rising to a faceted knopped cylindrical stem below a vase-shaped socket with similar decoration and removable octagonal nozzles (one lacking), engraved with the same coat-of-arms, marked on bases and nozzles--11 5/8in. (29.3cm.) high
All in fitted wood chest with brass plate inscribed HUNT & ROSKELL LATE STORR & MORTIMER, GOLDSMITHS & SILVERSMITHS TO THE QUEEN, 156 NEW BOND STREET LONDON, the interior of the cover with brass plaque engraved Mary Churchill Perston from her aunt Charlotte Cartwright Churchill, July 1873
Comprising:
A SEVEN-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE, London, 1791, 1792 and 1793, maker's mark of Robert Hennell, comprising coffee jug on stand, teapot on stand, tea caddy, sugar bowl and waste bowl, the faceted tapering vase-shaped bodies bright-cut engraved with bands of foliage enclosing, on each side, a coat-of-arms within drapery mantling, with wood scroll handles, the hinged domed covers with similar foliage and faceted wood bead finial, the sugar and waste bowls with reeded overhead swing handles, the stands on scroll feet and bright-cut engraved with conforming decoration, fully marked--height of coffee jug on stand 13 1/2in. (34.2cm.)
(gross weight 72 oz.)
A CAKE BASKET, London, 1793, maker's mark of Robert Hennell, of shaped oval form, the spreading oval foot pierced with pales and circles, the sides with similar pierced border between bands of foliage and beading, with reeded wavy rim and overhead swing handle, the center engraved with the same coat-of-arms, marked on rim and handle--14 3/4in. (37.5cm.)
(26 oz.)
FOUR CANDLESTICKS, Sheffield, two 1791, maker's mark of John Parsons & Co. and two 1794, maker's mark John Green & Co., each on spreading octagonal bases with panels of bat's wing, rising to a faceted knopped cylindrical stem below a vase-shaped socket with similar decoration and removable octagonal nozzles (one lacking), engraved with the same coat-of-arms, marked on bases and nozzles--11 5/8in. (29.3cm.) high
All in fitted wood chest with brass plate inscribed HUNT & ROSKELL LATE STORR & MORTIMER, GOLDSMITHS & SILVERSMITHS TO THE QUEEN, 156 NEW BOND STREET LONDON, the interior of the cover with brass plaque engraved Mary Churchill Perston from her aunt Charlotte Cartwright Churchill, July 1873