A VERY RARE GEORGE II PROVINCIAL SILVER COFFEE POT, by
A VERY RARE GEORGE II PROVINCIAL SILVER COFFEE POT, by Benjamin Brancker, Liverpool, c. 1720, plain tapering cylindrical form with faceted spout, the domed cover with banded orb finial, wooden scroll handle, engraved with a crest, stamped twice with maker's mark BB and twice STERLING to base. Note: The crest is that of Willis of Halsnead Park and Hall-of-the-Hill, Lancashire, for Thomas Willis, a Liverpool merchant, who in 1684 purchased the estate of Halsnead. He died unmarried in 1727.
Condition Report: Clear marks to underside. The flange of cover twice struck with the maker's mark. General surface wear commensurate with age but generally in very good condition.
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A VERY RARE GEORGE II PROVINCIAL SILVER COFFEE POT, by Benjamin Brancker, Liverpool, c. 1720, plain tapering cylindrical form with faceted spout, the domed cover with banded orb finial, wooden scroll handle, engraved with a crest, stamped twice with maker's mark BB and twice STERLING to base. Note: The crest is that of Willis of Halsnead Park and Hall-of-the-Hill, Lancashire, for Thomas Willis, a Liverpool merchant, who in 1684 purchased the estate of Halsnead. He died unmarried in 1727.
Condition Report: Clear marks to underside. The flange of cover twice struck with the maker's mark. General surface wear commensurate with age but generally in very good condition.
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