A GEORGE II SILVER COFFEE POT

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Los 124 | A GEORGE II SILVER COFFEE POT
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A GEORGE II SILVER COFFEE POT

MARK OF THOMAS ENGLAND, LONDON, 1741

Baluster shaped and on spreading circular foot, chased with scrolls and rocaille on a matted ground, applied with winged masks, the body cast and applied with vine, rocaille and mask cartouches hung with flower, foliate scrolls and rocaille garlands, all on a matted ground, one cartouche engraved with a coat-of-arms, the other with a crest, the scroll spout with rocaille and acanthus decoration, the hinged domed cover with leafy bud finial, fully marked under base, cover with maker's mark and lion passant

9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm.) high

42 oz. 18 dwt. (1,335 gr.) gross weight

The arms are those of Rous impaling Bedingfeld, for Sir John Rous, 5th Bt. (b.c.1727-1771) and his wife Judith (d.1794), eldest daughter of John Bedingfeld, whom he married in 1749. He succeeded to the Baronetcy in 1735 and was High Sheriff of Suffolk 1759-1760 and M.P. for that county in 1768.





Provenance

Sir John Rous, 5th Bt. (1727-1771), by descent to his son,

John Rous (1750-1827), 1st Earl Stradbroke, by descent to,

Robert Keith Rous (b.1937), 6th Earl of Stradbroke,

The Rt. Hon. Earl of Stradbroke, Old Henham Hall, Suffolk, Prudential Fine Art Auctioneers, 10 October 1988, lot 20.

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 30 October 1991, lot 237.



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