A GEORGE IV SILVER COFFEE POT
Lot 91 Property of a Southern Gentleman

A GEORGE IV SILVER COFFEE POT

MARK OF EDWARD FARRELL, LONDON, 1829

Closed21 May 2014

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USD 3,500

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A GEORGE IV SILVER COFFEE POT
MARK OF EDWARD FARRELL, LONDON, 1829
After Teniers, gourd-form, on four lion's-mask and paw feet, the body decorated overall with village scenes, the curved bird's-mask spout with foliate and mask join, the hinged and domed cover with conforming decoration and border of foliage, flowers and shells, the associated finial modeled as a Turkish figure reclining on a coffee plant, with wood scroll handle, the body engraved underneath with a coat-of-arms and the monogram R.H. AD 1829, marked under base, cover, on figure and nut, the calyx apparently unmarked
9½ in. (24.1 cm.) high; 38 oz. 10 dwt. (1,211 gr.) gross weight

Rowland Hunt (1784-1835) of Boreatton Park, Shropshire

Specialist note

The arms are those of Hunt for Rowland Hunt (1784-1835) of Boreatton, Shropshire. He married in 1823 Mary, daughter of Thomas Lloyd, of Shrewsbury, Shropshire and Glangwnna, Caernarvonshire.