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THE TEAPOT, SUGAR-BOX AND CREAM-JUG, MARK OF ROBERT JONES, LONDON, THE TEAPOT, 1797, THE SUGAR-BOX AND CREAM-JUG, 1798, THE STAND, WITH DEFACED MAKER'S MARK, LONDON, 1798
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A George III composite four-piece tea-service
The teapot, sugar-box and cream-jug, mark of Robert Jones, London, the teapot, 1797, the sugar-box and cream-jug, 1798, the stand, with defaced maker's mark, London, 1798
Comprising teapot and stand, cream-jug and sugar-box, each shaped oval with partlY-fluted sides, bright-cut engraved with wrigglework and diaperwork borders, foliate scrolls, pendant garlands and vacant floral and foliate cartouches, the teapot with plain angular spout, wooden handle, and hinged slightly domed cover with wooden finial, the sugar-box with two ring handles and detachable cover with urn finial, the cream-jug with hinged slightly domed cover with urn finial, the similar teapot stand of conforming shape and similarly engraved, with four ball feet, marked on base of teapot, sugar-box and stand, side of cream-jug, and inside covers
the teapot, 6¼in. (16cm.) high
gross 46oz. (1,456gr.) (4)
The teapot, sugar-box and cream-jug, mark of Robert Jones, London, the teapot, 1797, the sugar-box and cream-jug, 1798, the stand, with defaced maker's mark, London, 1798
Comprising teapot and stand, cream-jug and sugar-box, each shaped oval with partlY-fluted sides, bright-cut engraved with wrigglework and diaperwork borders, foliate scrolls, pendant garlands and vacant floral and foliate cartouches, the teapot with plain angular spout, wooden handle, and hinged slightly domed cover with wooden finial, the sugar-box with two ring handles and detachable cover with urn finial, the cream-jug with hinged slightly domed cover with urn finial, the similar teapot stand of conforming shape and similarly engraved, with four ball feet, marked on base of teapot, sugar-box and stand, side of cream-jug, and inside covers
the teapot, 6¼in. (16cm.) high
gross 46oz. (1,456gr.) (4)
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