Silver & Collectors' Items - Day 2 - 25th January 2012

Lot 911

A George III silver teapot

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £1100

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Description

A George III silver teapot, by John Edwards, London 1802, cape form, the scroll handle terminating in two snake heads, flush hinged domed cover, gadroon border, on a circular foot, engraved with an armorial, length handle to spout 25.5cm, approx. weight 25oz. The arms are those of Richard Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Earl of Stowe, with the arms of Brydges in pretence for his 1796 marriage to Anna Eliza, sole heir of James Brydges, last Duke of Chandos.