A George IV six-piece silver-gilt tea and coffee-service Mark of John Bridge, London, 1828 Comprising coffee-pot and teapot each with ivory scroll handle and hinged cover with fluted ivory finial, cream-jug and sugar-bowl each with textured serpent handles, coffee-pot warming-stand on shaped triangular platform below three winged lion's paw feet, with urn-shaped lamp and cover, and teapot stand, each shaped circular, the coffee-pot, teapot, sugar-bowl and cream-jug each slightly bombé , on rim foot, the sides chased with panels depicting Poseidon riding a chariot pulled by sea-horses, the coffee-pot and teapot also with Amphitrite astride a seahorse, the cream-jug and sugar-bowl with Aphrodite riding a dolphin, each central figure surrounded by tritons, nereids and putti blowing trumpets and conch shells, all on a textured ground, with foliate and scroll borders, the coffee-pot, teapot, sugar-bowl, cream-jug and teapot stand engraved with a coat-of-arms and a crest, the warming-stand engraved twice with a crest, marked on bases and covers The coffee-pot, 12in. (30.5cm.) high gross 120oz. (3,751gr.) The arms are those of Hope impaling Beresford, for Thomas Hope (d.1831) of Deepdene, Surrey, and Duchess St., Marylebone, London and his wife Louisa (d.1851), fifth daughter of William, 1st Baron Decies (1743-1819), whom he married in 1806. (4)
A George IV six-piece silver-gilt tea and coffee-service Mark of John Bridge, London, 1828 Comprising coffee-pot and teapot each with ivory scroll handle and hinged cover with fluted ivory finial, cream-jug and sugar-bowl each with textured serpent handles, coffee-pot warming-stand on shaped triangular platform below three winged lion's paw feet, with urn-shaped lamp and cover, and teapot stand, each shaped circular, the coffee-pot, teapot, sugar-bowl and cream-jug each slightly bombé , on rim foot, the sides chased with panels depicting Poseidon riding a chariot pulled by sea-horses, the coffee-pot and teapot also with Amphitrite astride a seahorse, the cream-jug and sugar-bowl with Aphrodite riding a dolphin, each central figure surrounded by tritons, nereids and putti blowing trumpets and conch shells, all on a textured ground, with foliate and scroll borders, the coffee-pot, teapot, sugar-bowl, cream-jug and teapot stand engraved with a coat-of-arms and a crest, the warming-stand engraved twice with a crest, marked on bases and covers The coffee-pot, 12in. (30.5cm.) high gross 120oz. (3,751gr.) The arms are those of Hope impaling Beresford, for Thomas Hope (d.1831) of Deepdene, Surrey, and Duchess St., Marylebone, London and his wife Louisa (d.1851), fifth daughter of William, 1st Baron Decies (1743-1819), whom he married in 1806. (4)
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