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Auction archive: Lot number 27

A GEORGE III SILVER TEAPOT

Important Silver
10 Jun 2008
Estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
ca. US$4,912 - US$6,877
Price realised:
£5,000
ca. US$9,824
Auction archive: Lot number 27

A GEORGE III SILVER TEAPOT

Important Silver
10 Jun 2008
Estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
ca. US$4,912 - US$6,877
Price realised:
£5,000
ca. US$9,824
Beschreibung:

A GEORGE III SILVER TEAPOT
MARK OF PAUL STORR LONDON, 1814
A GEORGE III SILVER TEAPOT MARK OF PAUL STORR LONDON, 1814 Compressed spherical and on spreading foot, the shoulder with a band of trailing foliage, with a foliage decorated spout and an ivory handle, with an egg and dart border, the hinged cover engraved with initials below a royal Duke's coronet and with an ivory finial, engraved underneath with initials 'EA' over 'Fs', marked near handle and inside cover, the base further stamped '190' 8¼ in. (21 cm.) wide gross weight 19 oz. (588 gr.) The initials are those of Princess Sophia Augusta (1768-1840), sixth child and second daughter of King George III (1738-1820) and his wife Queen Charlotte, (1744-1818). The initials EA Fs stand for "Ernst Augustus Fidekommis", meaning the entailed property of the Duke of Cumberland.

Auction archive: Lot number 27
Auction:
Datum:
10 Jun 2008
Auction house:
Christie's
10 June 2008, London, King Street
Beschreibung:

A GEORGE III SILVER TEAPOT
MARK OF PAUL STORR LONDON, 1814
A GEORGE III SILVER TEAPOT MARK OF PAUL STORR LONDON, 1814 Compressed spherical and on spreading foot, the shoulder with a band of trailing foliage, with a foliage decorated spout and an ivory handle, with an egg and dart border, the hinged cover engraved with initials below a royal Duke's coronet and with an ivory finial, engraved underneath with initials 'EA' over 'Fs', marked near handle and inside cover, the base further stamped '190' 8¼ in. (21 cm.) wide gross weight 19 oz. (588 gr.) The initials are those of Princess Sophia Augusta (1768-1840), sixth child and second daughter of King George III (1738-1820) and his wife Queen Charlotte, (1744-1818). The initials EA Fs stand for "Ernst Augustus Fidekommis", meaning the entailed property of the Duke of Cumberland.

Auction archive: Lot number 27
Auction:
Datum:
10 Jun 2008
Auction house:
Christie's
10 June 2008, London, King Street
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