A Very Rare George II Kettle and Tripod Stand, Circa 1740

Lot closes

January 25, 09:37 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 USD

Starting Bid

4,500 USD

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Lot Details

Description

cast brass

height 30 in. by width 16 in. by depth 16 in.

engraved with a family crest with four shells in the right side of a diamond on the right surrounded by scrolls.

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Eve Stone & Sons Antiques, East Haven, Connecticut.

This finely worked brass tripod stand and kettle are similar to other rare examples in silver and the baluster stem and pad feet relate to mahogany forms from the second quarter of the 18th century. These mahogany kettle stands were conceived to support a silver tray, heater and kettle. Brass was perhaps a more practical material than mahogany and definitely not as expensive as silver, but equally impressive when deployed in a smart Drawing Room for the costly ritual of taking tea. For a closely related example see one that sold from the collection of Irvin & Anita Schorsch, January 20, 2016, lot 75 and for a less elaborate stand in an altered state, see that sold from the collection of the late Simon Sainsbury, Christie's, London, June 18, 2008, lot 54 and also see an example illustrated Rupert Gentle, Rachael Field, Domestic Metalwork 1640-1820, (England, 1994), pp. 307-308.