Silver, Vertu, Coins & Medals - 14th and 15th July - 14th July 2015

Lot 451

A late-Victorian silver hot water pot

Estimate £150 - £200 | Hammer £180

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Description

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.