Details
A George II Scottish plain compressed spherical tea or punch pot, with curved spout and hinged cover with acorn finial, engraved with a coat-of-arms within a Rococo cartouche and with panels of shell, brickwork and scrolls, one simulating a hinge, the base engraved with Latin inscription dated 1761, by Robert Gordon, Edinburgh, 1741
6¼in. (17.3cm) high
(30oz)
6¼in. (17.3cm) high
(30oz)
Further details
The arms are those of Spearman impaling Young. Charles Spearman of Thornley, Co. Durham, married, as his second wife, Margaret, sister of William Young, Governor of Granada and Tobago.
The inscription translated reads 'A testimony and a pledge of conubial love for his most excellent wife Margaretta offered by her most happy grateful and devoted husband Charles Spearman AD 1761'
Punch pots or punch kettles similar in shape to outsize teapots, were used for brewing or serving punch particularly during the second half of the 18th century. Normally they are made of earthenware or creamware; silver examples are particularly rare
The inscription translated reads 'A testimony and a pledge of conubial love for his most excellent wife Margaretta offered by her most happy grateful and devoted husband Charles Spearman AD 1761'
Punch pots or punch kettles similar in shape to outsize teapots, were used for brewing or serving punch particularly during the second half of the 18th century. Normally they are made of earthenware or creamware; silver examples are particularly rare