A GEORGE II SILVER KETTLE-ON-STAND
A GEORGE II SILVER KETTLE-ON-STAND

MARK OF FRANCIS NELME, LONDON, 1734

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A GEORGE II SILVER KETTLE-ON-STAND
MARK OF FRANCIS NELME, LONDON, 1734
Bullet shaped kettle with engraved lattice and scroll decoration around rim, hinged cover with wood finial, with swing raffia clad handle, the kettle stand with three shell feet and with central lamp, engraved with coat-of-arms, marked under kettle, the base of stand with maker's mark only, also with paper label with accession number 66.158.75
12 in. (30 cm.) high; 57 oz. 18 dwt. (1,799 gr.) gross weight
Provenance
Helen Flynn Conway Collection.
Bequest of Helen Flynn Conway, 1966.

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