A SUPERB GEORGE III, REGENCY, STERLING SILVER COFFEE POT, CHINA-MAN

Description

A MAGNIFICENT GEORGE III, REGENCY, STERLING SILVER COFFEE POT WITH CHINA MAN
PRESENTED IS A MAGNIFICENT GEORGE III, REGENCY, SOLID SILVER COFFEE POT CREATED BY THE WELL-REGARDED LONDON MAKERS "JOSEPH ANGELL I" IN 1819;
JOSEPH ANGELL APPRENTICED TO HENRY NUTTING FROM 1796 TO 1804. FIRST MARK ENTERED IN 1811. HIS WORKS ARE REPRESENTED IN THE ROYAL COLLECTION AS WELL AS  VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM. THE LATTER HAS THE FOLLOWING ENTRY FOR THIS MAKER:
...JOSEPH ANGELL FOUNDED HIS SILVER-SMITHING BUSINESS IN ABOUT 1811 AND WORKED AS A MANUFACTURING SILVERSMITH SUPPLYING SOME OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS LONDON FIRMS SUCH AS RUNDELL, BRIDGE, AND RUNDELL...
THIS EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COFFEE POT IS OF BALUSTER FORM AND INTRICATELY CHASED WITH SCROLLS AND TRAILING FOLIAGE AGAINST A PARTIALLY TEXTURED GROUND. THE TWO OPPOSING CARTOUCHES ENGRAVED WITH A COAT OF ARMS AND A BOAR CREST, RESPECTIVELY. THE NATURAL SUBSTANCE ISSUING OUT OF A BOAR'S MOUTH. THE SPOUT IS WRAPPED WITH SPIRAL BANDS OF BEADING FLOWERS. THE DOMED COVER IS TOPPED BY A RECLINING CHINA MAN. THE SPIRALLY-FLUTED FOOT CHASED WITH ROCAILLE DECORATION;
MARKED ON THE SHOULDER AND UNDER THE LID;
EXCELLENT CONDITION-- THE LOWER EDGE OF THE FRONT OF THE COVER SLIGHTLY MIS-SHAPEN CAUSING IT NOT TO CLOSE FLUSH WHICH COULD EASILY BE FIXED;
HEIGHT: 11";
WEIGHT: 31 STANDARD OUNCES
(976 gr
ams
)
Our Guarantee:
i-  We believe that Ebay's money back guarantee suffices to ensure our items' actual condition to correspond with the description provided  in the listing of the items. Hence, we feel any additional "return policy" would be redundant;
ii- More importantly, however, to protect our clients against buying counterfeits as well as misrepresentations of provenance, we offer a unique
guarantee of authenticity
with no time-limit constraints.
We feel our guarantee of authenticity provides ironclad protection to Ebay buyers; whereas, a "14, or even 30, day return policy" could fail miserably in many cases involving antique silver.
Consider, for the sake of argument, the case of an unsuspecting buyer who spends over ,000 on a silver item posed as original on the pretext that it was acquired from the estate of a Russian family who had fled to Canada in the first quarter of the twentieth century.
Upon receiving the item, the purchaser would inspect it for condition issues, and once satisfied would probably leave the seller a positive feedback comment.
Months, if not years, later the purchaser decides to have the item appraised. It would be then that he/she finds out about the actual provenance of the item: an auction house whose description of the item explicitly mentions "bearing questionable marks" for a Faberge work-master.
Track Page Views With
Auctiva's FREE Counter
Add a map to your own listings. FREE Trial!