A late-Victorian silver hot water pot

A late-Victorian silver hot water pot,

by Henry Stratford, Sheffield 1893,

baluster form, part-fluted decoration, leather-bound scroll handle, domed cover with a knop finial, on a raised circular foot, engraved with an armorial, height 27cm, approx. weight 21.5oz.

The shield is that of Kemeys-Tynte impaling Ellis for the marriage of Charles Theodore Kemeys-Tynte, J.P to Dorothy, daughter of Major-General Sir Arthur Ellis, Sergeant at Arms, House of Lords.