A GEORGE II SILVER COFFEE-POT

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Lot 212 | A GEORGE II SILVER COFFEE-POT
A GEORGE II SILVER COFFEE-POT

MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE, LONDON, 1737

Tapering cylindrical and on spreading foot, with rococo shell cast and chased spout, the hinged cover with baluster finial, chased with foliate scrolls and rocaille and engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked underneath and inside cover

9 in. (23 cm.) high

gross weight 29 oz. 10 dwt. (916 gr.)

The arms are those of Bigge impaling Dent with Hindmarsh in pretence, for Thomas Bigge (1683-1759), of Byker, co. Northumberland and his wife Elizabeth (1688-1758), daughter of Edward Hindmarsh, whom he married in 1706.

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