A GEORGE II SILVER TEAKETTLE, STAND, LAMP AND TRIANGULAR STAND, the triangular stand on three shell-capped dolphins' mask feet and with shell and foliage border, the kettle-stand on three shell and scroll feet and with pierced apron cast and chased with classical portrait busts, the fluted lamp with detachable cover, the kettle chased with broad flutes and with covered spout, hinged cover and partly leather- covered swing handle, engraved with a narrow band of scalework scrolls and foliage on a matted ground, the stand and kettle each engraved with a coat-of-arms within a rococo cartouche, the lamp cover engraved with a crest, by John White, the triangular stand 1734, the lamp with maker's mark only, the kettle with cancelled marks and L.A.O. no. 5450
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A GEORGE II SILVER TEAKETTLE, STAND, LAMP AND TRIANGULAR STAND, the triangular stand on three shell-capped dolphins' mask feet and with shell and foliage border, the kettle-stand on three shell and scroll feet and with pierced apron cast and chased with classical portrait busts, the fluted lamp with detachable cover, the kettle chased with broad flutes and with covered spout, hinged cover and partly leather- covered swing handle, engraved with a narrow band of scalework scrolls and foliage on a matted ground, the stand and kettle each engraved with a coat-of-arms within a rococo cartouche, the lamp cover engraved with a crest, by John White, the triangular stand 1734, the lamp with maker's mark only, the kettle with cancelled marks and L.A.O. no. 5450
14¾in. (37.5cm.) high
(gross 99 oz.)
Lot Essay
The arms are those of Fowle, of Sandhurst, Co. Kent, quartering Corders, impaling Oliver or Turner