Lot 189
  • 189

Peter & Ann Bateman

Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 GBP
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Description

  • Mary's Wedding Gift - Teapot on Stand
  • hallmarked London, 1794 & 1795
  • silver, wood handle
  • respective length: 28cm., 11in. and 18.5cm., 7 1/4 in.; weight: 612.2gr., 19oz 12dwt.
teapot monogrammed EWB, overstruck by retailer's mark Thomas Ollivant from Manchester, the stand, later inscribed with a presentation inscription 'Given to Mary Churchill on the occasion of her marriage, 11th February 1947, by the members of her Father's War-t.mes Private Office'

Condition

teapot - a few scratches commensurate with age and use. ssmall dent to spout. good marks. stand: good condition
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Catalogue Note

'Christopher and I were married on a freezing February day in St Margaret's Westminster, where my parents had been married.... My dress was made by Molyneux and my tulle veil was held in place by a coronet of orange blossom... A large crowd gatherred despite the artic conditions.... The reception at the Dorchester was largely candlelit, which was very pretty - and also made the room warmer!', Mary Soames, A Daughter's Tale, London, Doubleday, 2011, p.481.