A GEORGE I SILVER COFFEE-POT
MARK OF JOHN ELSTON, EXETER, 1718
Tapering cylindrical and on a moulded foot, the high domed cover with a baluster finial and a scroll thumbpiece, with a carved wood handle, engraved with a coat-of-arms, the base engraved with initials 'J*L' and the date 'July Ye 20th 1718', marked under base and on cover bezel
9¼ in. (23.3 cm.) high
gross weight 25 oz. (773 gr.)
The arms are those of Lavington for the Rev. John Lavington of Exeter (c.1690-1759). Lavington married Bridget (d.1729), daughter of John Ball a minister at Honiton, in 1713. They had a number of children including a daughter Jane, who was bapised on 30 July 1718 at the Bow Meeting House in Exeter. It is possible the inscription relates to her birth.
A GEORGE I SILVER COFFEE-POT
MARK OF JOHN ELSTON, EXETER, 1718
Tapering cylindrical and on a moulded foot, the high domed cover with a baluster finial and a scroll thumbpiece, with a carved wood handle, engraved with a coat-of-arms, the base engraved with initials 'J*L' and the date 'July Ye 20th 1718', marked under base and on cover bezel
9¼ in. (23.3 cm.) high
gross weight 25 oz. (773 gr.)
The arms are those of Lavington for the Rev. John Lavington of Exeter (c.1690-1759). Lavington married Bridget (d.1729), daughter of John Ball a minister at Honiton, in 1713. They had a number of children including a daughter Jane, who was bapised on 30 July 1718 at the Bow Meeting House in Exeter. It is possible the inscription relates to her birth.
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