Tea urn and base, Silver, (a) Ovid body with fluting at top and bottom. Beaded vertical scroll handles fastened to body with twin leaves and berries. Fluted and foliated spigot with bone handle. Engraved coat of arms: Parter per fess, gules, two mullets and sun in its splendor; azure, a citadel with two towers; impaled with argent, a chevron azure, three holly leaves slipped, vertical. (b) High, concave cover, with bulging fluted top and flame finial., London, England, 1770–71, metalwork, Decorative Arts, Tea urn and base


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