ENGLISH STERLING SILVER GEORGE I BRITANNIA STANDARD COFFEE POT, THOMAS PARR I

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ENGLISH STERLING SILVER GEORGE I BRITANNIA STANDARD COFFEE POT, THOMAS PARR I:
$9500.00

IMPORTANT GEORGE I BRITANNIA STANDARD SILVER COFFEE POT

IMPORTANT GEORGE I BRITANNIA STANDARD SILVER COFFEE POT, LONDON, 1721

PRESENTED IS A SUPERB GEORGE I COFFEE POT MADE BY ONE OF THE MOST RENOWNED AND SOUGHT SILVERSMITHS OF THE PERIOD: THOMAS PARR I WHO FIRST REGISTERED HIS MARK IN APRIL OF 1697. THOMAS PARR IWAS THE PATRIARCH OF THE FAMOUSPARR FAMILY OFSILVERSMITHS THAT INCLUDED SARAH AND THOMAS PARR II; FURTHERMOR, HUMPHRY PAYNE APPRENTICED TO HIM BEFORE HE GAINED HIS FREEDOM IN 1701.

THE COFFEE POT IS OFTAPERING CYLINDRICALLIGHTHOUSE FORM, ACORN FINIAL, SCROLL SPOUT,ELEGANTLY SIDE-HANDLED, AND PERHAPS MORE IMPORTANTLY FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE HISTORY OFSILVER COFFEE POTS,ONE OF THEVERY FIRST TRANSITIONALEXAMPLES TO MOVE AWAYFROM THE CUMBERSOMEDOME COVERS OF THE PRE-QUEEN ANNESTYLE.

FULL SET OF WELL-STRUCK , DEEP AND CLEAR MARKS ON THE SHOULDER INCLUDING THOMAS PARR I \'PA\' MARK, THE ERASED LION HEAD, THE BRITANNIA MARK , AND THE LETTER \'F\' FOR 1721; MAKER\'S MARK PARTIALLY OFF-STRUCK, AND THEDISCERNIBLETRACE OF THE PUNCH FOR THE LION HEAD ERASEDON THEBEZEL OF THE COVER AS SHOWN.

OVERALL GOOD CONDITION FORBEING NEARLY 300YEARS OF AGE, SOME PITTING TO SILVER, MINOR BRUISES, THE LOWER PART OF THE CREST SLIGHTLY FLATTER THAN THE THE REST. THERE APPEARS WHAT SEEMS TO BEAN ETCHED INVENTORY NUMBER ONONE SIDE OF THE BASE.

HEIGHT: 9 1/2\",

WEIGHT: 28 3/10 STANDARD OUNCES.
(PLEASE NOTE: THE ITEMS WE OFFER FOR SALE ARE ANTIQUES AND IN SOME CASES OVER 300 YEARS OLD. EVERY ITEM HAS BEEN DESCRIBED WITH UTMOST PRECISION. IF ONE EXPECTS THE SAME BRILLIANT SHINE AND SPOT-LESS FINISH AS SEEN ON PLATED WARE AT DEPARTMENT STORES; THEN, WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND NO offerS TO BE SUBMITTED ON OUR ITEMS.)

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