Lot Essay
The arms are those of a lady of the Elliot family.
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A GEORGE III CHINOISERIE SILVER COFFEE POT
MAKER'S MARK OF DANIEL SMITH & ROBERT SHARP, LONDON, 1762
Of baluster form on square pedestal base with four paw supports, with a pierced gallery below a gadrooned border, the body chased with Chinese figures amid rocaille scrolls and foliage, with leaf-clad scroll spout and wood scroll handle, the hinged domed cover with gadrooned rim and surmounted by a leaf and flower finial, engraved on side with a lozenge-of-arms within a foliate scroll asymetrical cartouche, marked under base and on cover--11½in.(29.2cm.) high
(gross weight 37oz., 1157gr.)
MAKER'S MARK OF DANIEL SMITH & ROBERT SHARP, LONDON, 1762
Of baluster form on square pedestal base with four paw supports, with a pierced gallery below a gadrooned border, the body chased with Chinese figures amid rocaille scrolls and foliage, with leaf-clad scroll spout and wood scroll handle, the hinged domed cover with gadrooned rim and surmounted by a leaf and flower finial, engraved on side with a lozenge-of-arms within a foliate scroll asymetrical cartouche, marked under base and on cover--11½in.(29.2cm.) high
(gross weight 37oz., 1157gr.)
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, July 24, 1984