Lot 253
ABERDEEN - A SCOTTISH PROVINCIAL TEAPOT
NATHANIEL GILLET
Scottish Silver & Applied Arts
Auction: 16 August 2017 at 12:00 BST
Description
marked NG twice to foot rim, of vase shape, with engraved classical scrolling wave pattern border, and swagged oval medallions, raised on a pedestal stem and domed foot, with beaded rims, the domed hinged cover with simple urn finial
Dimensions
Height: 24cm, weight: 18.5oz
Footnote
Heraldry: The crest is that of the family of Johnstone (or the other variant spelling). It may be blazoned as follows:
Crest: A winged spur erect rowel upwards or1
Motto: Nunquam non paratus [Never unprepared]
Note: Some branches of this family often blazon the tincture of the leather of the retaining strap of the spur. The family of Johnstone, in the main, hails from the County of Dumfriesshire in the south-west of Scotland. This crest was notably borne by the families of Johnstone of Johnstone (today the Hope-Johnstones, Earls of Annandale and Hartfell) and Johnstone of Westerhall, Baronets of Westerhall, in the aforementioned county and their cadet branches, if so matriculated at the Court of the Lord Lyon.