George III Sterling Silver Entertaining Suite
An impressive George III sterling silver suite of a pair of sauce tureens and covers, a pair of entree dishes, covers and Sheffield plate warming stands by Thomas Ellerton and Richard Sibley I, London 1803, the urn shaped tureens with ribbon-tied reeded rims and loop handles and engraved with a contemporary coat of arms, the domed cover with a winged orb and mural coronet finial, the shaped circular entree dishes with the same arms and finials, raised on warming dishes, retaining their original tinned copper liners and heating discs, the tureens 6.69 in. high, 7.48 in. across the handles, the dishes 7.48 in. overall, 12.99 in. across the handles, 5,300 grams total weight of silver, The arms are those of John Heathcote II, (1767-1838), Member of the House Commons, County Huntingdonshire, who in the early 1800s restored the historic Conington Castle, Huntingdonshire. His son, John, was responsible for drafting the original rules of lawn tennis and is credited with devising the cloth covering for the tennis ball. Provenance: Christie's Australia, 9 April, 2003 lots 412&3
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- Engraving - The method of decorating or creating inscriptions on silver and other metal objects by marking the surface with a sharp instrument such as a diamond point or rotating cutting wheel.
- George Iii - George III (1738 - 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820.
- Finial - An architectural decoration, found on the upper parts of of an object. On furniture they are usually found on pediments, canopies and shelf supports. On smaller ceramic or silver items, such as spoons, they may decorate the top of the item itself, or the lid or cover where they provide a useful handle for removal.
Finials have a variety of shapes and forms. They may be urn-shaped, baluster shaped round or spiral, but usually taper into an upper point. Many real life shapes may also be used as finials, such as pineapples, berries, pinecones, buds, lotus and acorns. Sometimes animals such as a lion are depicted, or fish and dolphins. - Sterling Silver - Sterling silver is a mixture of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% of another metal, usually copper. Fine silver is 99.9% pure silver, and is relatively soft and the addition of the very small amount of copper gives the metal enough strength and hardness to be worked into jewellery, decorative and household objects.
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