A GEORGE II SILVER COFFEE-POT

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£ 25 200
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22.09.2022 11:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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ID 812264
Lot 81 | A GEORGE II SILVER COFFEE-POT
Tapering cylindrical and on spreading foot, the body chased at the rim with flower and foliage swags on a textured ground and below rocaille, the lower body chased with flower and foliage scrolls, the curved spout capped with a shell and with applied flower and foliage motifs and a lizard, the top handle junction applied with a lion's mask, the hinged cover with pinecone finial, engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked near handle, under base and on cover bezel, the base further engraved with a scratchweight '29*9'
8 7/8 in. (22.4 cm.) high
30 oz. 3 dwt. (938 gr.) gross
The arms are those of Leighton impaling Pinfold for Lt. General Francis Leighton (1696-1773), and his wife Renea, daughter of Colonel Charles Pinfold, Governor of Barbados. Francis was the fourth son of Sir Edward Leighton 1st Bt. (d.1711).
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