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IMPORTANT GEORGE I BRITANNIA STANDARD SILVER COFFEE POT
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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 I WAS THE PATRIARCH OF THE FAMOUS PARR FAMILY OF SILVERSMITHS THAT INCLUDED SARAH AND THOMAS PARR II; FURTHERMORE, HUMPHRY PAYNE APPRENTICED TO HIM BEFORE HE GAINED HIS FREEDOM IN 1701.
THE COFFEE POT IS OF TAPERING CYLINDRICAL LIGHTHOUSE FORM, ACORN FINIAL, SCROLL SPOUT, ELEGANTLY SIDE-HANDLED, AND PERHAPS MORE IMPORTANTLY FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE HISTORY OF SILVER COFFEE POTS, ONE OF THE VERY FIRST TRANSITIONAL EXAMPLES TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE CUMBERSOME DOME COVERS OF THE PRE- QUEEN ANNE STYLE.
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 THE DISCERNIBLE TRACE OF THE PUNCH FOR THE LION HEAD ERASED ON THE BEZEL OF THE COVER AS SHOWN.
OVERALL GOOD CONDITION FOR BEING NEARLY 300 YEARS 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 BE AN ETCHED INVENTORY NUMBER ON ONE SIDE OF THE BASE.
HEIGHT: 9 1/2",
WEIGHT: 28 3/10 STANDARD OUNCES.
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