Silver & Collectors' Items - Day 1 and Day 2 - 22nd January 2013

Lot 1173

A George III silver coffee jug

Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £1100

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Description

A George III silver coffee jug,

by Smith and Sharp, London 1769,

baluster form, leaf capped scroll handle, dome hinged cover with a gadroon border and flame finial, the side engraved with an armorial, on a raised circular foot, height 27cm, approx. weight 24oz.

Engraved with the arms for the 1770 marriage of Charles, 2nd son of Sir Edward Dering, MP, 5th Bt. of Surrenden-Dering, Kent, to Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Farnaby, 2nd Bt. of Barham Court, Kent.