Lot Essay
The arms are those of Hunt for Rowland Hunt (1784-1835) of Boreatton, Shropshire. He married in 1823 Mary, daughter of Thomas Lloyd, of Shrewsbury, Shropshire and Glangwnna, Caernarvonshire.
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Property of a Southern Gentleman
A GEORGE IV SILVER COFFEE POT
MARK OF EDWARD FARRELL, LONDON, 1829
Details
A GEORGE IV SILVER COFFEE POT
MARK OF EDWARD FARRELL, LONDON, 1829
After Teniers, gourd-form, on four lion's-mask and paw feet, the body decorated overall with village scenes, the curved bird's-mask spout with foliate and mask join, the hinged and domed cover with conforming decoration and border of foliage, flowers and shells, the associated finial modeled as a Turkish figure reclining on a coffee plant, with wood scroll handle, the body engraved underneath with a coat-of-arms and the monogram R.H. AD 1829, marked under base, cover, on figure and nut, the calyx apparently unmarked
9½ in. (24.1 cm.) high; 38 oz. 10 dwt. (1,211 gr.) gross weight
MARK OF EDWARD FARRELL, LONDON, 1829
After Teniers, gourd-form, on four lion's-mask and paw feet, the body decorated overall with village scenes, the curved bird's-mask spout with foliate and mask join, the hinged and domed cover with conforming decoration and border of foliage, flowers and shells, the associated finial modeled as a Turkish figure reclining on a coffee plant, with wood scroll handle, the body engraved underneath with a coat-of-arms and the monogram R.H. AD 1829, marked under base, cover, on figure and nut, the calyx apparently unmarked
9½ in. (24.1 cm.) high; 38 oz. 10 dwt. (1,211 gr.) gross weight
Provenance
Rowland Hunt (1784-1835) of Boreatton Park, Shropshire
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