A GEORGE III SILVER HOT WATER JUG

by Thomas Whipham and Charles Wright, London 1766, the repousse pear-shaped body decorated with whimsical chinoiserie decoration of figures, buildings, foliage, birds, feathery leaves and fluttering pennants in landscapes, the neck engraved with a crest and with a simple rattan-bound scroll handle, the base of the spout with a scallop shell and the domed cover with bells and a pineapple finial, 25.5cm high (c.677g)

Provenance: Bt. from J. Bourdon-Smith, London, June 1988.