A Robert Sharp George III Neoclassical Silver Hot Water Urn, London, 1801. Marks: (lion passant), (crowned leopard's head), ...

Description

A Robert Sharp George III Neoclassical Silver Hot Water Urn, London, 1801
Marks: (lion passant), (crowned leopard's head), (duty mark), F, RS
16-1/4 x 12 inches (41.3 x 30.5 cm)
132.56 troy ounces

The hot water urn surmounted by slightly domed lid with finial, gadrooned banding to shoulder of upper lip to body, figural lion head mounts underneath hinged ring handles to both sides, ebonized wood handle above spout, fluted legs extending downwards to paw feet, raised on squared plinth on ball feet, engraved crest to lid and body.



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