Details
A DUTCH SILVER TEAPOT AND STAND
MARK OF GERRIT BRESSER, UTRECHT, 1776
The fluted gourd shaped body on openwork foliate branch foot, the spout decorated with leaves, the hinged leaf-shaped cover with flower finial, the scroll handle with ivory insulators, the circular stand on three foliate branches, the rim cast and chased with foliate frieze, later engraved on body and stand with a crest, marked on undersides, with later Dutch control mark
The teapot 5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm) high; the stand 5 in. (12.7 cm.) diameter
gross weight 16 oz. 9 dwt. (513 gr.)
The crest is probably that of Aldersey of Aldersey Hall and Spurstow, Chester.
Provenance
With Partridge Fine Art Ltd, London.
Sale room notice
Please note that the insulators on this teapot have been replaced with a synthetic material and the lot does not contain ivory.
Details
A DUTCH SILVER TEAPOT AND STAND
MARK OF GERRIT BRESSER, UTRECHT, 1776
The fluted gourd shaped body on openwork foliate branch foot, the spout decorated with leaves, the hinged leaf-shaped cover with flower finial, the scroll handle with ivory insulators, the circular stand on three foliate branches, the rim cast and chased with foliate frieze, later engraved on body and stand with a crest, marked on undersides, with later Dutch control mark
The teapot 5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm) high; the stand 5 in. (12.7 cm.) diameter
gross weight 16 oz. 9 dwt. (513 gr.)
The crest is probably that of Aldersey of Aldersey Hall and Spurstow, Chester.
Provenance
With Partridge Fine Art Ltd, London.
Sale room notice
Please note that the insulators on this teapot have been replaced with a synthetic material and the lot does not contain ivory.
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