A Queen Anne Britannia standard silver coffee pot, London 1703 by George Lewis (reg. 22 Dec 1699)

A Queen Anne Britannia standard silver coffee pot, London 1703 by George Lewis (reg. 22 Dec 1699)

Of tapering cylindrical lighthouse form, the curved spout with a hinged end cap, the junction with applied cut card work, the ebonised fruit wood handle at a right angle to the spout pinned to tubular sockets with cut card work junctions, the hinged domed lid surmounted by a ball finial raised by a twin scroll thumbpiece. The front engraved with a second-quarter 18^th century quartered coat of arms with a baronet’s escutcheon all held within Baroque scrolls with fish scale reserves. Fully marked to the right of the handle and the lid with a lion’s head erased only to flange, the spout cover unmarked.

Height – 22.5 cm / 8.8 inches

Weight – 760 grams / 24.43 ozt

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