MARK OF EDWARD POWER, DUBLIN, THE TEAPOT AND CREAM-JUG 1817, THE COFFEE-POT AND SUGAR-BOWL 1818
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A George III Irish silver four-piece tea and coffee-service
Mark of Edward Power, Dublin, the teapot and cream-jug 1817, the coffee-pot and sugar-bowl 1818
Comprising coffee-pot, teapot, cream-jug and sugar-bowl, each waisted bombé form, the coffee-pot on circular foot, the other pieces each on four ball-and-claw feet with bearded male grotesque mask terminals, each piece elaborately repoussé and chased with floral and foliate scrolls, shells and fishscales on a textured ground, the coffee-pot also with grapevines, each scroll handle formed as a female caryatid, the coffee-pot and teapot each with hinged slightly domed cover with detachable floral finial, and with cockerel's mask spout with grotesque mask below, the cream-jug spout also with grotesque mask, each piece engraved twice with a crest, marked on bases, covers and one finial, in a fitted two-handled wooden metal-bound chest, the cover with brass plaque engraved 'Major Poole'
9in. (23cm.) high
gross 98oz. (3,053gr.)
The crest is that of Barry as borne by Lord Barrymore (4)
Mark of Edward Power, Dublin, the teapot and cream-jug 1817, the coffee-pot and sugar-bowl 1818
Comprising coffee-pot, teapot, cream-jug and sugar-bowl, each waisted bombé form, the coffee-pot on circular foot, the other pieces each on four ball-and-claw feet with bearded male grotesque mask terminals, each piece elaborately repoussé and chased with floral and foliate scrolls, shells and fishscales on a textured ground, the coffee-pot also with grapevines, each scroll handle formed as a female caryatid, the coffee-pot and teapot each with hinged slightly domed cover with detachable floral finial, and with cockerel's mask spout with grotesque mask below, the cream-jug spout also with grotesque mask, each piece engraved twice with a crest, marked on bases, covers and one finial, in a fitted two-handled wooden metal-bound chest, the cover with brass plaque engraved 'Major Poole'
9in. (23cm.) high
gross 98oz. (3,053gr.)
The crest is that of Barry as borne by Lord Barrymore (4)
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