A REGENCY SILVER TEA URN, MARK OF BENJAMIN SMITH II, LONDON, 1812

A REGENCY SILVER TEA URN
MARK OF BENJAMIN SMITH II, LONDON, 1812
The urn form body with band of shells and foliage, raised on three winged-caryatid supports, all on a tripod base with lion's-paw feet, fitted with an associated spirit lamp, engraved on cover, shoulder and base with the coat-of-arms of Coote for Sir Charles Henry Coote, 9th Bt. (1792-1864) under a foliate mantle, marked throughout, spirit lamp by Hamilton & Inches, Edinburgh, 1890
11 ½ in. (29.2 cm.) high; 141 oz. 12 dwt. (4,404 gr.) gross weighable silver

Provenance
Sir Charles Henry Coote, 9th Bt. (1792-1864) and then by descent to
Sir Algernon Charles Plumptre Coote, 12th Bt. (1847-1920); Christie's, London, 10 December 1896, lot 10.