Shaped oval, on four claw and shell feet, the sides pierced with panels of trelliswork framed by stylised scrolls, the rim cast and chased with vines and Ceres mask at each end, the swing handle with dolphin terminals, the centre chased with a band of rococo ornament and engraved with a coat-of-arms within foliage cartouche, the handle with a crest, marked underneath
14³⁄₈ in. (36.5 cm.) long
66 oz. 2 dwt. (2,057 gr.)
The arms are those of Warde impaling Thornhaugh, for Patientus Warde (1717-1786) of Hooton Pagnell Hall, Yorkshire and his wife Frances (d.1762), daughter of St Andrew Thornhaugh (1674-1742) of Fenton and Osberton, Nottinghamshire, whom he married in 1744.

Patientus Warde (1717-1786) of Hooton Pagnell Hall, Yorkshire.
Possibly Captain Frederick Montagu, formerly of Melton Park, Doncaster; Christie's, London, 3 May 1946, lot 36 (£105 to Rose).
The Estate of the late Sarah Bright; Sotheby's, London, 5 March 1998, lot 220.