Lot 337
A George III four piece tea service
Auction: 13 February 2008 at 11:00 GMT
Description
by Patrick Robertson, Edinburgh 1771-1772, comprising, a simple straight sided barrel form tea pot with plain body, the rim engraved with four trailing foliate and flower head designs, the pull off cover with simple border and raised finial, C scroll handle with shaped thumbpiece and ivory insulators; a circular teapot stand with raised everted rim, the rim with matching trailing foliate and flower head designs; a slop bowl with deep circular bowl, the everted rim with matching foliate and flower head designs, on simple stem and circular foot; a cream boat of oval outline, with baluster body and everted rim, the rim decorated with matching foliate and flower head designs, on simple foot rim, the S scroll handle with acanthus thumbpiece (4)
Dimensions
teapot 12cm high, 22.5oz; stand 15cm diameter, 6.5oz; slop bowl 8.5cm high, 6oz; cream boat 20cm wide, 5.5oz
Footnote
Note: All pieces engraved with a crest of an eight pointed star with the motto of 'CAVE ADSUM' for JARDINE of Applegirth, Dumfriesshire, created baronets in 1672.
The survival rate for early (i.e. pre 1775) Scottish tea services is low and so far examples of four piece sets, only four have been recorded. The survival greatly increases from circa 1780 onwards. This previously unrecorded example is a very scarce survival and a rare occurrence in the market place.