Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 2. - 23rd July 2020

Lot 683

A George III silver coffee pot

Estimate £700 - £900

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Description

A George III silver coffee pot,

possibly by Abraham Portal, London 1765,

baluster form, scroll handle, leaf capped spout, domed hinged cover with a fluted finial, engraved with two crests with foliate scroll mantling, on a raised circular foot, height 26cm, approx. weight 25oz.

The crest is that of Cresswell (London and Northumberland).

Provenance:

Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942)

Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009)

The Trustees of Exbury House.