Lot 186
186
Silver removed from Nostell Priory by Order of Hon. CHARLES WINN Esq.
A GEORGE III OVAL TEA KETTLE, STAND AND LAMP, the stand on four winged sphinx mask and lion's paw feet and with detachable lamp, the kettle applied with a band of scrolling foliage on a matted ground, the spigot cast and chased with griffins, rosettes and foliage, the ivory tap carved as entwined snakes, the turned ivory handle with entwined snake supports, the domed cover with bud finial, by John Emes, 1805, the lamp and cover unmarked

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A GEORGE III OVAL TEA KETTLE, STAND AND LAMP, the stand on four winged sphinx mask and lion's paw feet and with detachable lamp, the kettle applied with a band of scrolling foliage on a matted ground, the spigot cast and chased with griffins, rosettes and foliage, the ivory tap carved as entwined snakes, the turned ivory handle with entwined snake supports, the domed cover with bud finial, by John Emes, 1805, the lamp and cover unmarked
15in. (38cm.) high
(gross 113ozs.)

Lot Essay

A similar kettle, forming part of a tea and coffee service, also by John Emes, of 1804, is in the Al Tajir Collection and is illustrated in J.B. Hawkins, The Al Tajir Collection of Silver and Gold , vol I, 1983, p.103

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