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Thomas Gilpin
A George II Antique English Silver Coffee Pot, 1749
Height: 10 in. (25.4 cm) Weight: 30 oz.
Of tapering cylindrical form on stepped foot, embossed throughout with foliate scroll decoration, double scroll wood handle, the domed cover with a bud finial, engraved with a coat of arms and initial.
The arms are those of Wristo.
Richard Bayley
A George I Octagonal Antique English Silver Coffee Pot, 1718
Height: 9.5 in. (24.13 cm)
Plain tapered octagonal with conforming domed cover and ball finial, swan neck octagonal pot opposite wood scroll handle, moulded base, Engrave with identical coat-of-arms on both sides.
The arms are those of Chichester impaling Palmer.
John Swift
A Remarkable and Large George II Antique English Silver Cup & Cover, 1755
Height: 15.75 in. (40.01 cm) Weight: 108 oz.
Of inverted baluster form on a knopped pedestal foot, two large “S” shaped leaf-capped scroll handles, the domed cover with a scrolling flame-form finial, the cover, sides and foot applied with a cast grapevine, the front engraved with a coat of arms within a rococo cartouche, the cover engraved with a crest, marked on the base and cover.
The arms are those of Baker.
Provenance:
Christie's, London, 27 May 1953, lot 141
David Willaume
A Queen Anne Antique English Silver Tankard, 1705
Height: 7in. Weight: 28 oz. 10 dwt.
Tankards are an unusual form among Huguenot silversmiths. There are three known by Lamerie, and precious few by Harache, Liger, Archambo, Courtauld, Feline, Videau, or Godfrey.
Provenance:
Christie's, London, 3 March 1976, lot 110
Harvey Lewis
An Early American Silver Coffee Pot, c. 1815
Height: 13.25 in. (33.66 cm) Weight: 45 oz. 8 dwt.
Of baluster form on spreading gadrooned foot, scrolling spout, double scroll wood handle, the domed cover with gadrooned finial, engraved with floral initials MEM.
Ambrose Stevenson
A Queen Anne Antique English Silver Tankard, 1708
Height: 7 3/8in Weight: 21 oz. 12 dtw.
Publications: Of barrell-form, engraved with hoops and staves, with flat cover and plain handle. The base is engraved 'The value of this left E.M. by Lady E.B. as a Legacy'. This refers to Edmund Morris of Loddington (1687-1759), who was left the legacy by Lady Bacon. When this tankard was offered for sale in 1917 and 1942 it was accompanied by an Elizabethan example dated 1597.
These inscriptions refer to the Smith family of Annables, co. Hertford and the Morris family of Loddington, co. Leicester. A descendant of the family, C. S. Morris, of Raxawn House, Mundesley, Norfolk, sold the pair in 1917.
Abraham Portal
A George II Silver Epergne, 1755
Length: 19 3/4 in.; Width: 19 in.; Height: 11 in.;
Weight: 162 oz. 10 dwt.
The arms are those of Filmer impaling Deedes for John Filmer (1716-1797) of East Sutton, Kent, 4th Baronet, and his wife Dorothy Deedes (1736-1818) whom he married in 1757. Educated at Oxford, he was called to Middle Temple in 1741 and was a Member of Parliament for Steyning in 1767–1774.
The baronetcy was created in 1674 in honor of Sir Robert Filmer (c. 1588-1653), due to his support of the Crown during the English Civil War. Sir Robert was an English political theorist who defended the divine right of kings.
Thomas Whipham
A George II Antique English Silver Jug, 1750
Height: 7 1/4 in. Weight: 18 oz. 6 dwt.
Of baluster form on spreading stepped foot, scrolling harp form handle with leaf cap, the applied spout with scroll below lip and scroll and drop at base, stepped rim molding, engraved on one side with coat-of-arms within scrolling foliate cartouche and on the other side with the inscription "The Gift of THOS. LISTON Esq. TO Thos. King" within foliate cartouche.
William Hughes
A Pair of George III Antique Irish or American Silver Jugs, c. 1790
Height: 5 1/2 in. Weight: 26 oz. 10 dwt.
These rare, small jugs are of particular interest or, perhaps, fall between two stools. They were made by William Hughes, a Dublin goldsmith who emigrated to Baltimore, MD in 1785. They are awfully small to be Irish, and the alloy is not sterling but aligns more with American silver (this according to Winterthur). So: are they Irish, or American? If Irish, they contravene the hallmarking laws. If American, they are the rarest things around. The problem is: we will never know.
Each of baluster form with stepped foot, double-scrolled leaf-capped handle, the spout with drop, engraved on both sides with a lion crest within a bright-cut shield suspended from ribbon ties and above a floral bouquet, with maker's mark only at rim.
Charles Wright
A George III Antique English Silver Teapot, 1775
Height: 4.5 in. (11.43 cm) Weight: 14 oz. 18 dwt
Of drum form with beaded bands at top and bottom, straight spout, wooden handle, the flush cover with turned ivory finial.
Provenance:
The Lipton Tea Company, Hoboken, NJ, since 1953
Exhibitions:
The Lipton Collection, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1953, no. 10, p. 8.; An Exhibition of the Lipton Collection of Antique English Silver, Henry Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, CA, Jan-Feb. 1956, no. 13, p. 6 (not illustrated); The Lipton Collection: Antique English Silver Designed for the Serving of Tea, The Dayton Art Institute, Oct. 1958, no 16 (ill); The Lipton Collection, by Helen Comstock, undated catalog c1955 no. 10, p. 8 (ill); The Lipton Collection, The Portland Museum of Art, Feb-March, 1954, no. 14 (ill)
This piece has been authorized for sale by the DEC (Identification number 29-19 issued 06-23-22) indicating that it and the the ivory incorporated in it has been accepted as an antique, and can be sold interstate and intrastate in New York.
Fuller White
A George II Antique English Silver Tankard, 1747
Height: 7 1/4 in. Weight: 35 oz.
A capacious and heavy George II tankard with fine engraving. Considerably larger than one might think from the photograph. The arms are those of Buckworth, Rand or Writington. If they are Buckwork, they could be those of Sir John Buckworth, 2nd Baronet (1700-58), although there is no indication of baronetcy as might be expected. He was elected to the House of Commons for Weobley in 1734.
Provenance:
The estate of Veronique and Gregory Peck
Richard Gurney & Thomas Cooke
A George III Antique English Silver Teapot, 1761
Length: 10 in. (25.4 cm) Weight: 23 oz. 9 dwt
Inverted pear shape with engraved foliage decoration at rim, spiral finial, c-scroll handle, leaf capped curved spout on molded foot.
Provenance: The Lipton Tea Company, Hoboken, NJ
Edward Vincent
A George II Antique English Silver Lighthouse Coffee Pot, 1736
Height: 8.5 in. (21.59 cm) Weight: 24 oz. 16 dwt.
Tapering cylindrical with molded rim, the baluster domed cover with cast bell-shaped finial, S-shaped spout, double-scroll wooden handle, engraved with a lady's coat of arms inside scrolling foliate cartouche, marked on bottom and with lion passant in cover.
Provenance:
Spink & Son, Ltd., 1958.
Fuller White
A Child's George III Antique English Silver Tankard, 1761
Height: 5 1/8 in. Weight: 8 oz. 11 dwt
A very rare child's tankard - about a quarter the size of a normal George II/III baluster tankard. Engraved on the front with a crest and under the base with the scratch weight 8:15 oz.
Jonathan Madden
A Queen Anne Antique English Silver Tankard, 1707
Height: 8 in. Weight: 35 oz. 18 dwt.
Of cylindrical form with half spiral fluting, the front with a mirror cypher within an elaborately embossed and engraved cartouche, "S" shaped handle with scroll thimbpiece, the stepped domed cover with similar fluting centered with a flower.
Francis Crump
A George III Antique English Silver Mug, 1750
Height: 4 5/8 in. Weight: 13 oz. 14 dwt.
A superb mug with a beautifully engraved lady's coat of arms.
Of baluster form on stepped foot, double-scroll handle, engraved on the front with a coat of arms within a rococo cartouche.
Shaw & Priest
A George II Antique English Silver Coffee Pot, 1753
Height: 12 1/4 in. Weight: 43 oz. 7 dwt.
Baluster form, engraved cartouche with monogram, scroll wooden handle.
Provenance: J.H Bourdon-Smith, Ltd.
Property from the Collection of Dudley and Constance Godfrey
Patrick Robertson
A George III Antique Scottish Silver Beer Jug, 1765
Height: 8 1/2 in. 33.5oz
Of baluster form, crest engraved below Earl's coronet, short spout and a double scroll handle.
The unicorn's head erased crest is used by the Ker and Conyngham families both of whom had subsidiary Earldoms but in 1765 the latter had not yet been created. It therefore seems possible that the crest is tor a courtesy titled member of the family of the Dukes of Roxburghe.
Alexander Saunders
A George II Antique English Silver Coffee Pot, 1758
Height: 11 in. Weight: 30 oz. 5 dwt.
Of baluster form on molded foot, “S” shaped wood handle and spout, the domed cover wth leafy finial.