English Sterling Silver Coffee Pot Barnards 1898

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FINE ENGLISH LATE VICTORIAN STERLING SILVER COFFEE POT; BALUSTER WITH ELEGANT SHELL, SCROLL AND FLORAL DECORATION; SHELL CAP HOOFED FEET; CARVED WOOD HANDLE AND FINIAL; MESSRS. BARNARD, LONDON, 1898 This is a beautifully designed and hand crafted English sterling silver coffee pot. From the renowned Barnards, London 1898. Along with the Batemans and Hennells, the Barnards are considered British silver "royalty". Given several generations of producing the finest of sterling wares. This late Victorian coffee pot illustrates this perfectly. Crafted in baluster form. Elaborate scrolling foliate decoration. Cascading florals. Oversized shells, texture engraved. Set against pebbled background. Curling vine framed medallion, monogrammed "CAS". Well carved ebonise handle. Cylinder joins, perfectly secure. Ebonised "cake form" finial with tiny sterling globe on pedestal cap. Supported upon shell cap, bent knee hoof ed feet.....gorgeous. The Barnard coffee pot is 8 3/4 inches tall and 8 1/4 handle to spout, 23 ounces, consider wood handle and finial. Excellent condition. Retains most all of its original crisp, sharp hand chased detail. Rich, lustreous sterling patina throughout. Fully hallmarked as shown, partial marks under lid. Coming soon, several other examples from this fine collection of Kirk. A breathtaking, seven piece Gorham medallion coin silver tea and coffee service, c1860. A fine and rare Georgian coffee biggin and stand, Guest & Cradock, 1807. More fine Georgian sterling, including a fine covered urn, sauce boat and several large sterling castors, including a Bateman example. Three pairs of Georgian sterling salts. These from a prominent New York City collection. Full provenance provided to the successful bidders. Several late Victorian sterling salvers, most ball and claw feet, gadrooning. A large Gorham centre piece. A collection of Chinese export silver, including an exeptional tea set, with matching kettle on stand, in floral design, a large standing cup and several late Meiji sterling smalls......and more. Please feel free to inquire directly about this, or any item we've listed. Whether the item is alone or part of a set. We very much welcome your interest. We are collectors first. As such, we are quite easy to work with. We happily combine items when shipping, saving you costs. We ship twice weekly, usually US Postal Priority. Fully insured for domestic packages, and air parcel overseas. We charge a bit more than actual cost for boxes, shipping materials and to pay our shipper. We make great effort to accurately describe each item listed. Returns are accepted, without question. If either condition, country of origin or dating is significantly incorrect. In such cases we refund your shipping costs as well. Like you, we are only human, and make mistakes. Hopefully, not too many. Remember, the items you see are antiques. Hence, have an expected amount of wear from normal use. As such, returning an item because we failed to mention the tiniest bit of wear, or barely discernible flaw is not acceptable. Nor do we accept returns based on buyer's remorse. Nor change of taste, or because a buyer did not realize how "small" four inches might be once in hand. Please note, Massachusetts residents are subject to sales tax. We have over 2060 feedbacks. And, are quite proud of our 99.7% rating. We received favorable notice in the March 12th New York Times. Page 8, Business Section, in a well written article on silver collecting. Copy furnished upon request. Enjoy....and good fortune in your bidding. read more

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