Lot 143
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Auction: 23 November 2008 at 15:00 GMT
Estimate: £15,000 - £20,000
Description
An unusual late George III matched four piece ‘Warwick Vase’ pattern coffee and tea service
Robert Hennell II London 1819-29 and 1820-21
comprising: a coffee pot, a teapot, a twin-handled sugar bowl and a milk jug, the two handled vase of shallow kantharos form on a short circular stem onto a spreading square base, the body chased with a calyx of acanthus banding to the blower half and with typical masks, lion pelts, clubs and spears, the handles formed as intertwined vine leaves, the coffee and teapot with domed lids with flush hinges and finely-chased acanthus leaf with fruiting vine finial (4)
Coffee pot 21cm high, combined weight 128oz