STYLE: Furniture, Silver, Clocks, Ceramics and Vertu
STYLE: Furniture, Silver, Clocks, Ceramics and Vertu
Property of a Distinguished Private Collection
A GEORGE I SILVER COFFEE POT, THOMAS PARR, LONDON, 1719
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September 9, 01:21 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
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Property of a Distinguished Private Collection
A GEORGE I SILVER COFFEE POT, THOMAS PARR, LONDON, 1719
the otherwise plain tapering cylindrical body engraved on one side with a coat-of-arms below an esquire's helmet and crest within a formal scrolling foliate cartouche, cast faceted swan-neck spout at right angles to the wood handle, domed hinged lid, acorn-shaped finial, the underside engraved with the initials R above RS and scratch weight: '27-16/7-0'
26cm., 10¼in. high
900gr., 28oz. 18dwt. (all in)
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Christie's, New York, 27 October 1992, lot 399.
The arms are those of Rous, possibly for Robert Rouse, only son of Sir John Rouse, 2nd Bt. (d. 1730) by his second wife, Anne, daughter of Robert Wood, who succeeded as 4th Bt. upon the death in 1731 of his half-brother, Sir John Rous, 3rd Bt. Sir Robert, who in 1726 married Lydia (d. 1769), daughter of John Smith, died on 31 October 1771.