Lot 303
A modern teapot
Auction: 12 September 2017 at 12:00 BST
£375
Description
Mappin & Webb, London 1920, of octagonal baluster form, S scroll handle, domed lid with stepped finial, engraved with coat-of-arms below a Baron's coronet, motto 'Lucem Spero' translated as 'I hope for light'
Dimensions
Height: 23cm, weight (all in): 24.2oz
Footnote
The arms are those of Ellesmere impaling Kemp for George Kemp, 1st Baron Rochdale (1866-1945) and his wife Lady Beatrice Mary Egerton (1871-1966), third daughter of Francis Egerton, 3rd Earl of Ellesmere.