拍品专文
A similar bright-cut tea urn by the same maker, 1786, is in the Collection of Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries
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A MASSACHUSETTS COLLECTOR
A GEORGE III SILVER TEA-URN
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A GEORGE III SILVER TEA-URN
LONDON, 1786, MAKER'S MARK OF HESTER BATEMAN
Urn-form, with raised and reeded loop handles, on a spreading cylindrical stem on a square base with four ball feet, the spigot with a carved insulated tap, the cylindrical domed cover with an urn finial, the cover, body, foot and spigot with beaded borders, the body with bright-cut garlands and borders, with two oval reserves, the cover also with bright-cut borders, the interior fitted with a pig compartment and a silver collar, marked on base, cover, tap and interior collar--20½in. (52.1cm.) high
(Gross weight 102oz. 10dwt.)
LONDON, 1786, MAKER'S MARK OF HESTER BATEMAN
Urn-form, with raised and reeded loop handles, on a spreading cylindrical stem on a square base with four ball feet, the spigot with a carved insulated tap, the cylindrical domed cover with an urn finial, the cover, body, foot and spigot with beaded borders, the body with bright-cut garlands and borders, with two oval reserves, the cover also with bright-cut borders, the interior fitted with a pig compartment and a silver collar, marked on base, cover, tap and interior collar--20½in. (52.1cm.) high
(Gross weight 102oz. 10dwt.)