Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 30th October 2018

Lot 970

λA George IV silver teapot

Estimate £250 - £300 | Hammer £400

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Description

λA George IV silver teapot,

by Charles Fox, London 1825,

compressed circular form, leaf capped scroll handle, ivory insulators, embossed foliate decoration on a matted background, the hinged cover with a Chinaman finial, of four foliate capped scroll bracket feet, engraved with an armorial, length handle to spout 28cm, approx. weight 24oz.

The arms are those of Lyndsey/Livesey/Lucy quartering Bancroft impaling Dawson or Curzon.