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A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT COMPOSITE TEA SERVICE

Lot 31
07.07.2023 11:00UTC +00:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 992541
Lot 31 | A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT COMPOSITE TEA SERVICE
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£ 5 000 – 8 000
A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT COMPOSITE TEA SERVICE

LONDON, MARK OF JOHN EMES, 1803 AND 1804 AND REBECCA EMES AND EDWARD BARNARD, 1813

Comprising a teapot with curved spout and stand, a two-handled sugar basin, cover and stand on three ball feet, and with reeded vine bracket handles, a tea caddy and a cream jug, each applied with a band of basket weave and with husk borders, a pair of circular muffin dishes and domed covers, and a glass butter dish, cracked, with cover and stand on four palmette feet, each with laurel and beaded border, the covers with foliage and acanthus bud finials, each engraved with a coat-of-arms beneath an earl's coronet, fully marked, engraved with scratchweights, the muffin dishes stands 19=10 and 19=13, the teapot 20=7, the teapot stand 6=4, the sugar vase 20=15, and the milk jug 9=3

the muffin dish and stand 7 1/4 in. (18.2 cm.) diameter

gross weight 131 oz. 1 dwt. (4,077 gr.)

The arms are those of Shirley impaling Mundy for Robert Shirley, 7th Earl Ferrers (1756-1827) and his second wife Elizabeth Mundy (d.1827), daughter of Wrightson Mundy of Markeaton, co. Derby, whom he married in 1790.





Provenance

Robert Shirley, 7th Earl Ferrers (1756-1827).

A Gentleman; Christie's, London, 13 May 1992, lot 140.



Special notice

This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Artist:John Emes (1762 - 1810)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Silver
Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Auction house category:All other types of objects, Tea & Coffee pots
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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