Details
Each of bombé form, on four stylised shell feet, the base with scrolls and gadrooning with anthemion above, the shaped rectangular detachable cover with gadrooned rim and pineapple finial, each engraved with a Rococo foliate scroll cartouche enclosing a later engraved coat-of-arms, marked under base and on covers, in fitted mahogany box with silver tendril handle with foliate terminals
514 in. (13.2 cm.) high
26 oz. 7 dwt. (821 gr.) weighable silver
Provenance
The Terence J. Fox Collection of Tea Equipage; Christie's, New York, 18 October 1995, lot 372.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, April 5, 2007, lot 485.
A Canadian Private Collection; Sotheby's, New York, 20 October 2021, lot 39
Exhibited
Asprey, London, Tea for the Collector: An Exhibition in Conjunction with Iroquois Brands Ltd, April 18 - May 7, 1988, cat. no. 180.
Special notice
Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.
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