MARK OF LEWIS METTAYER, LONDON, 1723

拍品的状况可能存在极大差异，而由于其性质使然，拍品难以处于完美无瑕的状态。拍品均以拍卖时的状况出售。

Overall with some minor scuffs and scratches commensurate with age and use, mostly at the interior, a small crease to each side from contact with the knops at the handles, but not through, the handle hinges constructed with a stop at the central hinge-knuckle to prevent the handle from rising above horizontal, one of these stops worn down, allowing the handle to swing higher than intended, a short vertical split (approx. ¹⁄₄ in. long) from the rim, to the left of the handle opposite the marks, a few further tiny splits to the interior side of the applied rim, a little wear to the marks, the underside marked in red '32.28', the engraved arms clear and well-preserved, good condition.