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MARK OF GABRIEL SLEATH, LONDON, 1713
Details
A Queen Anne silver teapot
Mark of Gabriel Sleath, London, 1713
Pear shaped, on circular rim foot, with panelled scroll spout and wood scroll handle, the hinged domed cover with baluster finial issuing from a calyx of concentric rings, the side engraved with a coat-of-arms within an elaborate cartouche of foliage, strapwork and birds
7in. (18cm.) long
gross 19oz.
The arms are those of Ayde, co. Norfolk
Mark of Gabriel Sleath, London, 1713
Pear shaped, on circular rim foot, with panelled scroll spout and wood scroll handle, the hinged domed cover with baluster finial issuing from a calyx of concentric rings, the side engraved with a coat-of-arms within an elaborate cartouche of foliage, strapwork and birds
7in. (18cm.) long
gross 19oz.
The arms are those of Ayde, co. Norfolk
Provenance
The Robertson Collection; Christie's New York, 27 October 1987, lot 440
Literature
The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, London, 1989, no. 55, p. 82
Exhibited
London, Christie's, The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, 1989, no. 55
Special notice
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