A GEORGE III SILVER TEA KETTLE AND STAND WITH ASSOCIATED TRIANGULAR WIND-SHIELD

A GEORGE III SILVER TEA KETTLE AND STAND WITH ASSOCIATED TRIANGULAR WIND-SHIELD
MARK OF WAKELIN AND TAYLOR, LONDON, 1787/88, THE WIND-SHIELD WITH MARK OF WAKELIN AND GARRARD, LONDON, 1797
The circular tapering kettle with domed cover and fixed raffia-bound handle, the stand on three supports terminating in lion's paw feet, the triangular wind-shield with gadroon border and pierced sides, on shell feet, the Earl's crest on kettle differing from that on wind-shield, base of wind shield later engraved with a small 4-ball coronet above 'F & C'
14in. (36cm.) high
83.5 oz.