Antique George III hallmarked sterling silver teapot with ivory…
click the photo to enlarge
Antique George III hallmarked sterling silver teapot with ivory handle and finial, Robert Hennell II, London 1785 - 1786, 15 cm high, 28 cm wide & total weight 460 grams

You must be a subscriber, and be logged in to view price and dealer details.

Subscribe Now to view actual auction price for this item

When you subscribe, you have the option of setting the currency in which to display prices to $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.

This item has been sold, and the description, image and price are for reference purposes only.
  • Ivory - Ivory is a hard white material that comes from the tusks of elephants, mammoth, walrus and boar, or from the teeth of hippopotamus and whales. The ivory from the African elephant is the most prized source of ivory. Although the mammoth is extinct, tusks are still being unearthed in Russia and offered for sale.

    Ivory has been used since the earliest times as a material for sculpture of small items, both in Europe and the east, principally China and Japan.

    In Asia ivory has been carved for netsuke, seals, okimono, card cases, fan supports, animals and other figures and even as carved tusks.

    In the last 200 years in Europe ivory has been used to carve figures, for elaborate tankards, snuff boxes, cane handles, embroidery and sewing accessories, in jewellery and as inlay on furniture. Its more practical uses include being used for billiard balls, buttons, and a veneers on the top of piano keys.

    The use and trade of elephant ivory have become controversial because they have contributed to Due to the decline in elephant populations because of the trade in ivory, the Asian elephant was placed on Appendix One of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), in 1975, and in January 1990, the African elephant was similarly listed. Under Appendix One, international trade in Asian or African elephant ivory between member countries is forbidden. Unlike trade in elephant tusks, trade in mammoth tusks is legal.

    Since the invention of plastics, there have been many attempts to create an artificial ivory
  • Hallmarks - A mark stamped on articles of precious metals in Britain, since the 14th century, certifying their purity. It derives its name from the Guild Hall of the Goldsmiths' Company, who recieved its Charter in 1327 giving it the power to assay (test the purity) and mark articles of gold and silver.

    The hallmark will consist of several marks, including the:

    - silver standard mark, indicating the purity of the metal. Sterling silver is .925 pure silver.

    - the city mark indicating the city in which it was assayed eg London, Birmingham, York etc.

    - the date mark, usually a letter of the alphabet in a particular font and case,

    - a duty mark, indicating whether duty had been paid to the crown, and only in use from 1784 to 1890

    The piece may include an additional mark, the maker's mark, although not forming part of the hallmark, will be located in the vicinity of the hallmarks.

    Sometimes silver plated items will bear faux hallmarks, often confusing those not familiar with silver markings.
  • George Iii - George III (1738 - 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820.
  • Sterling Silver - Sterling silver is a mixture of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% of another metal, usually copper. Fine silver is 99.9% pure silver, and is relatively soft and the addition of the very small amount of copper gives the metal enough strength and hardness to be worked into jewellery, decorative and household objects.
  • Finial - An architectural decoration, found on the upper parts of of an object. On furniture they are usually found on pediments, canopies and shelf supports. On smaller ceramic or silver items, such as spoons, they may decorate the top of the item itself, or the lid or cover where they provide a useful handle for removal.

    Finials have a variety of shapes and forms. They may be urn-shaped, baluster shaped round or spiral, but usually taper into an upper point. Many real life shapes may also be used as finials, such as pineapples, berries, pinecones, buds, lotus and acorns. Sometimes animals such as a lion are depicted, or fish and dolphins.

This item has been included into following indexes:

Visually similar items

A George III sterling silver Scottish teapot, 1794 Edinburgh, with maker's mark for Walter & Patrick Cunningham, the federal style teapot of oval fluted form with a plain spout and domed lid supporting an ebony pineapple finial, an ebony 'C' form handle, a

Sold by in for
You can display prices in $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.

Antique George III hallmarked sterling silver oval fluted bright cut teapot with engraved bands of decoration and vacant cartouche, by Thomas Wallis, London 1792 - 1793, 15 cm high, 27 cm wide and total weight 475 grams

Sold by in for
You can display prices in $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.

A fine and elegant Georgian sterling silver teapot, 1785 London, with maker's mark for Robert Hennell I, of oval fluted 'Oil can' form with a domed lid, a pear wood handle and silver tipped timber finial, bright cut and prick worked with festoons, borders

Sold by in for
You can display prices in $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.

George III sterling silver teapot, hallmarked, London, 1784, H.B (Hester Bateman), of oval form with deep sides embossed with scrolls, flowers and foliage with wooden loop handle and beaded borders, total weight 479gm, height 16 cm

Sold by in for
You can display prices in $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.