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MARK OF ROBERT GARRARD, LONDON, 1858
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A VICTORIAN SILVER TEAPOT
MARK OF ROBERT GARRARD, LONDON, 1858
Spherical, on moulded circular foot and with foliage-capped scroll spout and part-ivory scroll handle with scroll terminals, the hinged slightly domed cover with detachable part-ivory finial, the side engraved with two crests and motto with viscount's coronet above, marked on base, cover and finial nut
6¾in. (17.2cm.) high
gross 27oz. (861gr.)
The crests are those of Byng, for George, Viscount Enfield (1806-1886) who succeeded his father as 2nd Earl of Strafford
MARK OF ROBERT GARRARD, LONDON, 1858
Spherical, on moulded circular foot and with foliage-capped scroll spout and part-ivory scroll handle with scroll terminals, the hinged slightly domed cover with detachable part-ivory finial, the side engraved with two crests and motto with viscount's coronet above, marked on base, cover and finial nut
6¾in. (17.2cm.) high
gross 27oz. (861gr.)
The crests are those of Byng, for George, Viscount Enfield (1806-1886) who succeeded his father as 2nd Earl of Strafford
Provenance
George, Viscount Enfield (1806-1886) later 2nd Earl Strafford and by descent.
Literature
Manuscript Inventory of Pictures and Plate etc. created Heirloom under the will of the late George Stevens Byng, Earl of Strafford, December 1887. J.E. boodle, Surveyor, 89 Chancery Lane, London WC1: The Plate in the Custody of Messrs Garrard & Co, 25 Haymarket, SW1, 'A Ditto [plain] teapot with ditto [ivory handle] 26 [oz.]'.
Special notice
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Sale room notice
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