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MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN SWIFT, LONDON, 1733
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An English silver hot-water kettle on stand with lamp
Maker's mark of John Swift, London, 1733
The stand on three double scroll and shell legs, with a central baluster-shaped lamp and an openworked with scrolls and two medaillons border, the circular plain kettle with at the upper part and hinged cover later chased scrolls, trelliswork and shells, overhead scroll and foliate hinged handle with wooden central part
25.5cm. high
marked on reverse kettle and lamp
2120gr.
Maker's mark of John Swift, London, 1733
The stand on three double scroll and shell legs, with a central baluster-shaped lamp and an openworked with scrolls and two medaillons border, the circular plain kettle with at the upper part and hinged cover later chased scrolls, trelliswork and shells, overhead scroll and foliate hinged handle with wooden central part
25.5cm. high
marked on reverse kettle and lamp
2120gr.
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