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MARK OF JOHN EMES, LONDON, 1805
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A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT TEAPOT AND STAND
MARK OF JOHN EMES, LONDON, 1805
Oval, the borders engraved with foliage, the teapot further engraved with a coat-of-arms and a crest, the hinged cover with the remains of an ivory finial, with wood handle, the conforming stand engraved with a crest, on fluted panel feet, marked under teapot and stand, the teapot further marked inside cover
the teapot 10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm.) wide
gross weight 26 oz. (806 gr.)
The arms are those of Johnstone quartering van der Bempde impaling those of Scott for Sir Richard van der Bempde Johnstone 1st Bt. (d.1807) of Hackness Hall, co. York and his second wife Margaret, daughter of John Scott of Charterhouse Square, whom he married in 1790.
Sir Richard took the arms and surname of van der Bempde by act of Parliament in 1793 as heir to his mother, the heiress of her father John van der Bempde. Later in 1795 he obtained Royal permission to take his previous surname Johnstone in addition. In 1795 he was created a baronet.
MARK OF JOHN EMES, LONDON, 1805
Oval, the borders engraved with foliage, the teapot further engraved with a coat-of-arms and a crest, the hinged cover with the remains of an ivory finial, with wood handle, the conforming stand engraved with a crest, on fluted panel feet, marked under teapot and stand, the teapot further marked inside cover
the teapot 10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm.) wide
gross weight 26 oz. (806 gr.)
The arms are those of Johnstone quartering van der Bempde impaling those of Scott for Sir Richard van der Bempde Johnstone 1st Bt. (d.1807) of Hackness Hall, co. York and his second wife Margaret, daughter of John Scott of Charterhouse Square, whom he married in 1790.
Sir Richard took the arms and surname of van der Bempde by act of Parliament in 1793 as heir to his mother, the heiress of her father John van der Bempde. Later in 1795 he obtained Royal permission to take his previous surname Johnstone in addition. In 1795 he was created a baronet.
Provenance
Possibly the collection of Lord Derwent at Hackness Hall, Sotheby's London, 8 April 1954.
With John Lumley, London.
With John Lumley, London.
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