A GEORGE III SILVER TEAPOT

by Peter & Ann Bateman, London 1795, of classical oval shape with reeded rims, wooden handle, with later white metal Oriental figure finial, 14.6 tr. ozs gross weight

Provenance: By repute, formerly the property of Edward Thurlow Leeds (1877-1955), Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 1928-1945 and used as his 'everyday teapot', thence by family descent.