Jacob Margas
A George I Antique English Silver Bachelor’s Teapot, 1718
Length: 7.25 in. (18.41 cm.)
Weight: 11 oz. 16 dwt.
London
H0241
Sold
Of bullet form with collet foot, straight tapering spout, “S” shaped ivory handle, hinged flat cover with turned ivory finial, engraved c 1740 with rococo decoration, also engraved with a...
Of bullet form with collet foot, straight tapering spout, “S” shaped ivory handle, hinged flat cover with turned ivory finial, engraved c 1740 with rococo decoration, also engraved with a crest, the motto “Through” and a viscount’s coronet.
The crest is that of Hamilton, for Viscount Boyne.
Provenance:
The Lipton Tea Company, Hoboken, NJ
Christie's, London, 21 May 1952, lot 153, 120 GBP hammer to Shrubsole
Dr. J. Law Adam of Far End, France Hill Drive, Camberley
Exhibitions:
- An Exhibition of the Lipton Collection of Antique English Silver, Henry Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, CA, Jan-Feb. 1956, no. 5, p. 3 (not illustrated)
- The Lipton Collection: Antique English Silver Designed for the Serving of Tea, The Dayton Art Institute, Oct. 1958, no 6 (illustrated)
- "Tea Treasures", The Tea Center, NYC, 1963-64
This teapot has been authorized for sale by the DEC (Identification number 29-12 issued 11-23-21) indicating that it and the the ivory incorporated in it has been accepted as an antique, and can be sold interstate and intrastate in New York.
The crest is that of Hamilton, for Viscount Boyne.
Provenance:
The Lipton Tea Company, Hoboken, NJ
Christie's, London, 21 May 1952, lot 153, 120 GBP hammer to Shrubsole
Dr. J. Law Adam of Far End, France Hill Drive, Camberley
Exhibitions:
- An Exhibition of the Lipton Collection of Antique English Silver, Henry Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, CA, Jan-Feb. 1956, no. 5, p. 3 (not illustrated)
- The Lipton Collection: Antique English Silver Designed for the Serving of Tea, The Dayton Art Institute, Oct. 1958, no 6 (illustrated)
- "Tea Treasures", The Tea Center, NYC, 1963-64
This teapot has been authorized for sale by the DEC (Identification number 29-12 issued 11-23-21) indicating that it and the the ivory incorporated in it has been accepted as an antique, and can be sold interstate and intrastate in New York.