A GEORGE III SILVER TEA URN, HENRY CHAWNER, LONDON, 1791

Property from a Private Connecticut Collection
A GEORGE III SILVER TEA URN, HENRY CHAWNER, LONDON, 1791

raised on fluted panel feet, the body and cover engraved with arms below coronet
marked on base and cover rim
42 oz gross
1306 g
height 14 ½ in.
37 cm

Condition Report:
Some small dings to body. Finial dented slightly. The wood handle with varnish rubbed and some nicks to edges.

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Provenance:
Sotheby's New York, October 13-15, 1981, lot 169