Lot 514

A SCARCE GEORGE I APPLE FORMED TEAPOT

JAMES MITCHELSON, EDINBURGH 1722,

Scottish Silver & Applied Arts | 530

Auction: 15 August 2018 at 11:00 BST

Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000

Description

of simple tapered apple form with flat lid with moulded hinge and acorn finial raised on a domed foot, with silver S scroll handle with wooden insulators and a tapered straight spout

Dimensions

11.5cm high, 18.6oz

Footnote

Provenance
Thomas Lumley, London 1958
Sotheby's New York, 23rd April 1993 lot 299

Exhibited;
Royal Ontario Museum, Canada

References;
Compendium Scottish silver, Volume 2, R & J Dietert, page 459

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