Bombé octagonal with scroll spout, the hinged cover with wood finial, with leather-wrapped bifurcated swing handle, later engraved on one side with a coat-of-arms, the stand with three double scroll supports on pad feet, the octagonal burner later engraved with a crest on the cover, fully marked on underside of kettle and underside of stand, handle with leopard's head erased twice, cover with leopard's head erased and maker's mark, the burner cover apparently unmarked
14¹⁄₈ in. (35.8 cm.) high, over handle
75 oz. 4 dwt. (2,339 gr.) gross weight
The arms are those of Hall impaling Bilbie for Captain Francis Hall (1805-1888) of the 7th Hussars, Park Hall, Mansfield Woodhouse, Co. Nottinghamshire, and his wife Mary Ann (d. 1877), only daughter and eventual heiress of Joseph Bilbie of Bildworth, Co. Nottinghamshire, who married in 1832.

Captain Francis Hall (1805-1888) of the 7th Hussars, Park Hall, Mansfield Woodhouse, Co. Nottinghamshire, and his wife Mary Ann (d. 1877).
Anonymous sale; Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, 31 March 1999, lot 312.
Acquired from S.J. Shrubsole, New York, 11 January 2000.