Tea kettle with stand
George II tea kettle with stand

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Maker

(maker)
1720-1765

Title

Tea kettle with stand
George II tea kettle with stand

Date of Production

1748-49

Medium

medium : material : silver & leather (cover of handle)

Dimensions

Height: 38.6 cm
Diameter: 21.5 cm

Object Number

LO.1990.CS.1601

Mode of Acquisition

Akzo Nobel, long-term loan, 1990

Label Text

Large tea kettles, used to replenish hot water in tea pots, were a standard item from about 1710. With its textured surface and upside-down pear shape, this kettle was designed as much for function as to give free reign to the craftsman’s technical skills. After shaping the sheet silver for the body of the kettle, the silversmith created the embossed surface by working from the inside of the metal, using specially adapted hammers and punch tools, and then engraving it from the outside. Additional elements such as the acorn on the lid and the swags of flowers on the stand were cast separately

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : engraved : side of kettle : later coat of arms of Sir James Hall (1761-1832) impaling those of his wife Lady Helen Douglas, daughter of 4th Earl of Selkirk (married 1786) :

Inscription: inscription : engraved : side of kettle and burner : monogram : JCH //

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Exhibition History

A Century of Silver - The Courtauld Family of Silversmiths, Courtauld Gallery, London, 2003 / 2013

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